Senior AI Engineer — Automotive ML Innovator (Remote up to 40%)

Volkswagen; Belmont (CA); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. in Belmont, CA seeks a Sr AI Engineer to apply machine learning and deep learning to automotive use cases, including autonomous driving, manufacturing, and material design.

You will build, test, and transfer ML modules while driving next-generation innovations. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience, a Master's in CS (PhD preferred), strong communication, and an ability to work independently in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics to non-experts.
• Team player with strong collaboration and integration skills across people, processes, and systems.
• Ability to approach problems with high innovation, including viewing potential solutions in new ways.
• Capability to work in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary, timeline and target oriented environment.
• Problem solving skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Conceptual thinking skills.
• PhD (desired).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and further enhance existing machine learning modules.
• Design and implement new machine learning approaches based on existing frameworks.
• Stay current with state-of-the-art academic research and industry technology.
• Transfer technologies and solutions to Volkswagen Group.
• Integrate new software modules into the existing framework.
• Test developed modules in prototype environments, including unit tests, integration tests, and in-vehicle or field tests.
• Analyze and evaluate the results of conducted tests.
• Develop technical specifications and documentation.

Skills

5+ years exp

Strong communication

Team player

Innovation mindset

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Conceptual thinking

Adaptability

Education

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

PhD (desired)

Job description

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. in Belmont, CA seeks a Sr AI Engineer to apply machine learning and deep learning to automotive use cases, including autonomous driving, manufacturing, and material design.

You will build, test, and transfer ML modules while driving next-generation innovations. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience, a Master's in CS (PhD preferred), strong communication, and an ability to work independently in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment.