Staff ML Engineer, Mapping for Autonomous Driving

Wiraa; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

GM vehicle discounts

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead end-to-end ML and computer vision pipelines for national-scale map reconstruction, using multi-modal sensor data.

You will mentor senior engineers, define technical strategy, and collaborate with Perception, Localization, Simulation, and Platform teams to ensure safety, scalability, and robust map products. This role offers high autonomy and leadership opportunities within GM.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and deploying ML or computer vision systems in production environments.
• Strong foundation in computer vision, ML, or robotics, with hands-on model design/training.
• Proficiency in Python for ML; C++ or other systems languages a plus.
• Experience building large-scale ML data pipelines, including dataset curation, labeling, training, and evaluation.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional technical initiatives with high autonomy and influence.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead ML-driven map reconstruction systems at national scale using multi-modal data (camera, lidar, radar, signals).
• Design and implement end-to-end pipelines for offline map reconstruction (data mining, labeling, training, evaluation, deployment).
• Define technical strategy and system architecture to advance robust, safe, scalable mapping capabilities.
• Lead development and integration of CV/ML techniques such as detection, segmentation, 3D reconstruction, BEV for mapping.
• Collaborate with Perception, Localization, Simulation, and Platform teams to establish interfaces and data contracts.
• Mentor senior and staff engineers to foster technical excellence and innovation.
• Diagnose and resolve system-level issues in data pipelines, ML models, and production workflows.
• Serve as SME for ML-based mapping and reconstruction; contribute to roadmaps and capability-building initiatives.

Skills

ML & CV

Python

Leadership

Data pipelines

C++

Education

CS/EE/Robotics PhD

Tools

C++

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead end-to-end ML and computer vision pipelines for national-scale map reconstruction, using multi-modal sensor data.

You will mentor senior engineers, define technical strategy, and collaborate with Perception, Localization, Simulation, and Platform teams to ensure safety, scalability, and robust map products. This role offers high autonomy and leadership opportunities within GM.