Lead AI Systems Engineer — Autonomous Driving

Bosch; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Bosch in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Lead AI Systems Engineer focused on Autonomous Driving to define technical direction across multiple teams. You will influence architecture, elevate AI-driven ADAS and autonomous driving capabilities, and lead cross-functional development with modern software practices.

The role requires a Master’s or PhD in CS/CE/Robotics or equivalent experience, plus 5+ years in software/data analytics for autonomous systems and 2+ years of tech leadership.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5+ years of progressive engineering experience in software development, data analytics infrastructure, or automated testing for autonomous vehicles, robotics, or complex distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience leading technical architecture, setting engineering strategy, or guiding technical direction across multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale AI frameworks for failure triage and RCA on petabyte-scale logs.
• Apply AI/ML methods to isolate failure modes across perception, planning, control, and vehicle layers.
• Integrate triaging into CI, regression testing, and cloud replay pipelines to raise validation standards.

Skills

Python

C++

Leadership

Big data

Education

MS/PhD in CS/CE/ robotics

Tools

ROS/ROS2

MCAP

Protobuf

CAN logs

PySpark

Ray

Databricks

Kubernetes

Airflow

AWS/GCP

Job description

Bosch in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Lead AI Systems Engineer focused on Autonomous Driving to define technical direction across multiple teams. You will influence architecture, elevate AI-driven ADAS and autonomous driving capabilities, and lead cross-functional development with modern software practices.

The role requires a Master’s or PhD in CS/CE/Robotics or equivalent experience, plus 5+ years in software/data analytics for autonomous systems and 2+ years of tech leadership.