Staff AI/ML Capacity Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefit programs

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Capacity Engineer to join the AV Capacity and Performance Engineering team in Sunnyvale, CA. You will develop capacity models, build automated analytics tools, and collaborate with AI/ML, infrastructure, and cloud teams to optimize capacity and costs for GM's AV initiatives.

This hybrid role requires hands-on experience with data modeling, BigQuery, and Python, plus a solid understanding of distributed ML systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Proficient in Python.
• Proficient in BI platforms.
• Experience with data modeling and SQL on large datasets such as BigQuery.
• Good understanding of distributed systems including modern ML system architecture and design.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine technical models for capacity planning for GM's AV infrastructure.
• Design and build automated analytical tools for monitoring capacity and demand signals.
• Partner with AI/ML engineering, infrastructure engineering, and cloud vendors to proactively identify and drive optimization projects to increase engineering and cost efficiencies.

Skills

Python programming

Data modeling

SQL

Programming

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

BigQuery

Looker

Git

Linux

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

Description

About Us: The AV Infrastructure org provides developer environments, cloud infrastructure, and ML/AI GPU platforms for AV research and development teams to build, test, and run faster in GM.

The Role

GM is looking for a Senior Capacity Engineer to join the AV Capacity and Performance Engineering team in the AV Infrastructure org to support our critical efforts in developing autonomous vehicles. The mission of the AVCPE team is to provide input into large scale ML infrastructure strategy, advise on key decisions affecting our cloud budget, identify and execute optimization projects, and provide capacity planning and engineering expertise to support GM's efforts in developing autonomous vehicles (AV).

What you'll be doing (Responsibilities)

• Develop and refine technical models for capacity planning for GM's AV infrastructure
• Design and build automated analytical tools for monitoring capacity and demand signals
• Partner with AI/ML engineering, infrastructure engineering, and cloud vendors to proactively identify and drive optimization projects to increase engineering and cost efficiencies

Your skills & abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer science or related field or relevant work experience
• Proficient in coding with Python (our preferred language)
• Proficient in BI platforms
• Experience with data modeling and working with SQL on large datasets such as BigQuery
• Good understanding of distributed systems including modern ML system architecture and design

What will give you a competitive edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• 8+ years of relevant work experience
• Proficient in coding with Pandas and NumPy
• Proficient in Looker and BigQuery
• Good communication skills
• Experience executing cross functional projects
• Experience with Git, Linux, and common Linux CLI tooling
• Experience with analyzing billing and usage data in GCP
• Experience with modern ML system architecture and design
• Experience with forecasting capacity demand

Hybrid

This role is categorized as Hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Sunnyvale Technical Center at minimum three days per week or at the hiring manager's discretion. Ability to sit remote in Seattle, WA until office opens.

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.

This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week {or other frequency dictated by your manager}.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

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