Senior ML Systems Engineer - AI Evaluation Foundations

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); Remote; USD 145,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing benefits

Retirement plan

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Engineer in the Embodied AI Scaling Foundations group to design, implement, and iterate on evaluation tools for AV model performance. You will collaborate across data, infra, and validation teams to connect offline evaluation with real-world behavior.

You will drive end-to-end evaluation workflows, including model-based metrics, simulation, and visualization, impacting rollout decisions and safety in autonomous driving systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of industry experience.
• Proficiency with Python or Node.js backends and high-throughput data streaming.
• Frontend: React/TypeScript, WebGL/WebGPU, Streamlit, Jupyter notebooks.
• Data/Infra: Spark, BigQuery, Kubernetes.
• Strong communication and collaboration across engineering partners.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve evaluation signal and introspection tools for model assessment.
• Develop visualization and metrics presentation within the evaluation loop.
• Help teams introspect model behavior and drive actionable next steps.
• Collaborate with Data, Infra, and validation teams to connect offline evaluation with real-world behavior.
• Work with modeling and data scaling teams on end-to-end evaluation workflows at scale.

Skills

Python

Node.js

Data streaming

React/TypeScript

WebGL/WebGPU

Streamlit

Jupyter notebooks

Spark

BigQuery

Kubernetes

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

About the Team

The Evaluation Foundations team, part of Embodied AI's Scaling Foundations, solves critical evaluation challenges for autonomous vehicle development. We engineer high-performance tools that identify top-performing models and partner with data-intensive ML teams to drive rapid innovation.

Why Join Us?

Develop introspection and evaluation tools capable of processing billions of examples to extract maximum value from our large-scale datasets.

Join a high-impact team of engineers and machine learning scientists leveraging advanced AI to drive L2, L3, and L4 autonomous vehicle innovation.

Directly influence the safety, reliability, and scalability of next-generation autonomous systems.

About the Role

As a Senior Engineer in the Embodied AI Scaling Foundations organization, you will be a key technical contributor on the team that measures and visualizes AV model performance. You will work across the stack to design, implement, and iterate on evaluation and introspection tools used by Embodied AI and adjacent GM AV teams In this role you will:

• Build and improve high-quality evaluation signal and introspection tools that help shorten the experimental path towards the best model.
• Develop and maintain visualization and metrics presentation within our model evaluation loop.
• Help teams introspect model behavior and reach actionable next steps with fewer manual steps.
• Participate in design and code reviews and work with Data, Infra, and validation teams to connect offline evaluation with real-world behavior.
• You will collaborate closely with modeling and data scaling teams working on our Compound AI driving models to design and implement evaluation workflows at scale with model-based metrics, end-to-end simulation, and tooling that connects evaluation signals back to data, training, and launch decisions.
• Your work contributes to a cohesive evaluation flywheel: better signal → better data and training decisions → better models → better signal.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 3+ years of relevant industry experience
• Familiarity and experience with at least some of the following key technologies: Backend: Python, node.js, high-throughput data streaming.
• Frontend: React/TypeScript, WebGL/WebGPU (for 3D sensor visualization), Streamlit, Jupyter notebooks.
• Data/Infra: Spark for stream processing, BigQuery, Kubernetes.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across engineering partners.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Previous experience in Robotics or Autonomous Driving
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience
• Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• Experience shipping production software and iterating quickly in a "startup within an enterprise" environment.

Compensation:

The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.

• The salary range for this role: is $144,700 to $261,300. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
• Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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