Staff AI/ML Engineer - Future Sensing, Embodied AI

About this role

Job Description
At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard —from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features. Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale. Are you passionate about accelerating the future of autonomous driving? Join the Embodied AI team at General Motors. Our team is developing and deploying machine learning solutions that support safe and reliable autonomous vehicle behavior across real-world scenarios.

As a Staff AI/ML Future Sensing Engineer in the Embodied AI organization, you will serve as a senior individual contributordrivingend-to-end technical work that informs next-generation sensing architecture decisions. You will help define and evaluate machine learning andperceptionsolutions that directlyimpactautonomous driving performance, with emphasis on future sensing architectures, multi-modal sensor fusion, system integration, and the technical evidencerequiredto support sensor and compute decisions.

In this role, you will partner closely with cross-functional engineering teams, contribute to core technical direction within your domain, and support the growth of engineers through technical collaboration and mentorship. You will help translate research into scalable onboard ML andperceptionsolutions while contributing to the continuous improvement of GM’s autonomy stack and sensing strategy.

WhatYou’llDo

Design and implement AI/ML solutions aligned with GM’s autonomous driving and future sensing objectives

Lead end-to-end technical studies across sensor selection, sensor configuration, sensor placement, and multi-modal sensor fusion using cameras, lidar, radar, and related sensing modalities

Architect and evaluateperceptionmodels and pipelines for detection, reconstruction, tracking, localization support, semantic labeling, and uncertainty estimation

Drive definition of robust model-level and system-level metrics used to compare sensor configurations, quantify subsystem differences, and evaluate performance parityrelativeto existing architectures

Lead model development efforts spanning data curation, training, validation, performance optimization, debugging, and deployment-oriented analysis

Partner with simulation teams to define synthetic-data and sensor-model requirements needed to evaluate future sensing concepts under adverse weather, sensor noise, occlusions, clutter, and near-field versus long-range scenarios

Drive system integration thinking across sensing, calibration, compute, software architecture, and vehicle constraints

Translate ambiguous architecture questions into concrete experiments, technical recommendations, and clear go / no-go evidence packages

Design and build efficient infrastructure, pipelines, and tooling to support large-scale data processing, model training, evaluation, and rapid iteration across teams

Drive technical execution from prototyping through integration and readiness for production adoption, documentinglearningsand best practices

Support and mentor engineers through technical collaboration and code reviews, fostering knowledge sharing and engineering excellence.

Your Skills & Abilities

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

Strong experience building and scaling AI/ML systems forperception, autonomy, robotics, or related real-world systems

Deep hands-on experience with modern deep learning frameworks such asPyTorchand strongproficiencyin Python

Experience working with model training pipelines, large-scale data workflows, and infrastructure enabling efficient model iteration across teams

Strong data processing skills using tools such as NumPy, Pandas, and Apache Spark

Strong experience with model validation, debugging, performance optimization, and error analysis under real-world constraints and timelines

Strong experience with multi-modal sensor fusion andperceptionpipelines using cameras, radar, lidar, or related sensing modalities

Experience defining metrics and evaluation methodologies forperceptionor autonomy systems

Strong communicationskills enabling effective collaboration across engineering teams

Experience deploying or preparing ML models for production environments and understanding end-to-end deployment workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in robotics or autonomous driving systems

Experience with architecting perception or sensory systems for automotive, robotics, or safety-critical platforms

Experience with system integration across sensors, calibration, compute, and onboard software pipelines

Experience with simulation, synthetic data, and sim-to-road evaluation workflows

Technical leadership experience including mentoring engineers and shaping major workstreams from concept to execution.

Remote/Hybrid: This role is categorized as fully remote or hybrid.

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 the California Bay Area.

The salary range for this role is $189,300.00 to $320,700.00. 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…