Senior AI Researcher, World Models for Mobility

TNA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Company; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vehicle purchase discount

Lease vehicle program

Health care and wellness plans

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

InfoTech Labs at Toyota in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Researcher to advance AI technologies for connected and intelligent mobility. You will lead research at the intersection of World Models, multi-agent systems, and large language models, shaping scalable perception, prediction, planning, and decision‑making.

We value deep theoretical insight and hands‑on experimentation, with opportunities to publish in top venues and contribute to Toyota’s mobility vision. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• PhD in CS, EE, ME, Robotics, or related engineering field.
• 3+ years post-PhD AI/ML research experience.
• Experience with World Models, multi-agent systems, or RL.
• Proficient in Python and ML frameworks (TF, PyTorch).
• Record of publishing in top-tier venues.
• Willing to travel internationally and domestically.

Responsibilities

• Develop networked World Models for cooperative understanding.
• Design distributed World Model architectures for intelligent interaction.
• Optimize AI models for real-time deployment.
• Research model predictive control for mobility applications.
• Test algorithms with simulations and real-world datasets.
• Publish findings in conferences/journals.
• Generate IP through inventions.

Skills

Machine learning

Deep learning

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

World Models

Multi-agent systems

Reinforcement learning

Publications

Education

PhD in CS/EE/ME/Robotics

Tools

CARLA

Gazebo

SUMO

ROS

Job description

InfoTech Labs at Toyota in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Researcher to advance AI technologies for connected and intelligent mobility. You will lead research at the intersection of World Models, multi-agent systems, and large language models, shaping scalable perception, prediction, planning, and decision‑making.

We value deep theoretical insight and hands‑on experimentation, with opportunities to publish in top venues and contribute to Toyota’s mobility vision. Travel may be required.