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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.\nEvery 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.\nAs a Senior Machine Learning Engineeronthe State Estimation and Mapping (SEAM) organization, you will develop and improve the MLperceptionmodel that powers the secondary (fallback) autonomy stack for Super Cruise 3. You will focus on building robustperceptionfrom multi-modalcamera, lidar, and radar data so the vehicle can safely bring itself to a stop when the primary autonomy stack is unavailable.\nYou will lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of ML models for object detection, segmentation, tracking, and prediction, working closely with partner teams acrossperception, planning, controls, and safety.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign, train, and evaluate MLperceptionmodels for object detection, semantic/instance segmentation, tracking, and short-horizon prediction using multi-modal camera, lidar, and radar data.\n\nDevelop andmaintainthe secondary stackperceptionmodel that enables the fallback autonomy system to safely bring the vehicle to a minimal risk condition when the primary system experiences a fault.\n\nDefine clear ML success metrics (e.g., precision/recall, latency, robustness under edge cases) and drive systematic experimentation to improve model performance against those metrics.\n\nAnalyze large-scale datasets, curate challenging scenarios, and build dataselectionand labeling strategies that improve robustness for long-tail and degraded-sensor conditions.\n\nImplement efficient training and inference pipelines, including model optimization techniques (e.g., pruning, quantization, distillation) to meet on-vehicle compute and latency budgets.\n\nCollaborate with software and infra engineers to integrate models into production systems, including interfaces, configuration, deployment, monitoring, and regression safeguards.\n\nPartner with Safety, Systems Engineering, and Product to translate system requirements into concrete ML model requirements, metrics, and validation criteria.\n\nContribute to verification and validation strategies for the fallbackperceptionmodel, including offline evaluation, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and on-road testing.\n\nParticipate in code reviews, promote ML and software engineering best practices, and provide technical mentorship to other engineers.\n\nQualifications\nBS, MS, or PhD in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related technical field; or equivalent practical experience building MLperceptionsystems.\n\n3-5 years of experience developing ML solutions inperception, prediction, and/or autonomous driving or related domains.\n\nStrong experience with multi-modal sensor data (camera, lidar, radar), including data preprocessing, synchronization, and fusion.\n\nDeepexpertisein modern deep learning forperception, such as convolutional and transformer-based architectures for:\n\n2D/3D object detection\n\nSemantic and instance segmentation\n\nMulti-object tracking and motion prediction\n\nProficiencyin at least one major ML framework (e.g.,PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX) and Python for model development, training, and analysis.\n\nSolid software engineering skills, including experience working in C++ or similar languages in large, collaborative codebases.\n\nDemonstrated ability to define ML metrics, design experiments, and systematically improve model performance and robustness.\n\nStrong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.\n\nSelf-motivated, with a passion for autonomous driving technology and its potential impact on safety and mobility.\n\nNice to have\nExperience deploying ML models on embedded or resource-constrained platforms, including model optimization and performance tuning for real-time inference.\n\nExperience with AV/ADASperceptionstacks, robotics, or ROS.\n\nFamiliarity with safety-critical systems and development practices.\n\nExperience with large-scale data pipelines, labeling workflows, and experiment management for ML.\n\nRemote: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren, Milford or Mountain View, you are expected to report to that location three times per week, at minimum.\nCompensation: 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.\nThe salary range for this role is $170,600.00 to $261,300.00. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.\n\nBonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.\n\nBenefits:\nBenefits: 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.\n\nThis job may be eligible for relocation benefits.\n\nAbout GM\nOur 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.\nWhy Join Us\nWe 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.\nBenefits Overview\nFrom day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.\nNon-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)\nGeneral Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.\nAll employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.\nWe encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. 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