Senior ML Engineer, End-to-End Planning & Autonomy

Lucid Motors USA, Inc.; Newark, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucid Motors USA, Inc. is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer focused on End-to-End Planning for production autonomous driving.

You will develop high-performance planning algorithms and shape software architectures for Level 2/4 systems, collaborating across teams to deploy robust motion planning solutions. The role requires expert Python and PyTorch, a strong ML foundation, and experience with vision-language-action models and diffusion/flow-matching approaches.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in CS, Robotics, ML, or related field.
• Production systems experience involving vision-action models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, diffusion or flow-matching models, and autonomous driving performance metrics.
• Expert-level knowledge of Python and PyTorch.
• Solid understanding of state-of-the-art models and approaches in perception, prediction, and planning for autonomous driving.
• Strong foundation in physics, probability, and statistics.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve software engineering efficiency, code quality, and development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high-performance, low-latency end-to-end planning algorithms that enable vehicles to safely, accurately, and reliably navigate highway, urban, and parking scenarios in production autonomous driving applications.
• Design reusable and optimized behavior and motion planning software architectures for Level 2/3/4 autonomous driving systems.
• Develop and implement advanced machine learning algorithms for data-driven driving behavior and end-to-end planning.
• Lead software development by applying full-stack autonomy expertise to design and deploy algorithms in closed-loop pipelines and real-world vehicle systems.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless, robust implementation and deployment of motion planning products for autonomous driving systems.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

C++

Statistics

AI tools

Education

Master’s or Ph.D. in CS/Robotics/ML

Job description

Lucid Motors USA, Inc. is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer focused on End-to-End Planning for production autonomous driving.

You will develop high-performance planning algorithms and shape software architectures for Level 2/4 systems, collaborating across teams to deploy robust motion planning solutions. The role requires expert Python and PyTorch, a strong ML foundation, and experience with vision-language-action models and diffusion/flow-matching approaches.