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Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight. \nJoin us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer. \nMeet the Team\nAs a Staff Machine Learning Engineer specializing in BEV (Bird's-Eye View) and Multi-Modal Perception, you will lead the development of next-generation models that unify information across cameras, LiDAR and radar to deliver a rich spatial understanding of the driving environment. You will drive architectural innovation, large-scale model training, and data-driven improvements that directly advance the perception capabilities at the heart of Torc's autonomous driving stack. This is a technical leadership role focused on model innovation and maturity, not downstream feature integration.\nWhat You'll Do\nLead BEV model development: define and execute the technical roadmap for BEV-based perception models across multiple tasks (e.g., detection, segmentation, road topology, and scene understanding).\nDesign advanced multi-modal architectures that fuse heterogeneous sensor data (camera, LiDAR, radar, HD maps) into unified spatial representations.\nDevelop foundational perception models leveraging BEV transformers, voxel-based encoders, or implicit scene representations.\nOwn large-scale training workflows - from data sampling strategies and augmentation pipelines to distributed training and hyperparameter optimization.\nAdvance model robustness and generalization, addressing long-tail conditions such as low visibility, occlusions, and rare scene configurations.\nEstablish evaluation frameworks for geometric accuracy, temporal stability, and cross-domain transfer performance.\nCollaborate cross-functionally with sensor calibration, mapping, and fusion teams to ensure cohesive perception model interfaces.\nMentor and guide ML engineers, cultivating best practices in experimentation, code quality, and model validation.\nStay at the forefront of ML research, exploring self-supervised learning, large-scale pretraining, or foundation models for 3D perception.\nWhat You'll Need to Succeed\n10+ years of experience in deep learning for perception, 3D vision, and/or autonomous systems.\nM.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).\nProven expertise in BEV modeling, 3D scene understanding, and multi-view fusion.\nStrong background in multi-modal sensor fusion, particularly integrating camera and LiDAR data.\nProficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.\nExperience with large-scale data pipelines, distributed training, and experiment management systems.\nDemonstrated leadership in driving ML model innovation and mentoring technical teams.\nBonus Points\nExperience with autonomous driving or robotics perception in production environments.\nExperience with MLOps and infrastructure tools (Ray).\nHands-on expertise in BEV-based ML architectures, LiDAR-vision fusion, or spatial-temporal modeling.\nFamiliarity with 3D labeling, calibration, and sensor simulation pipelines.\nTrack record of publications or open-source contributions in top-tier venues (CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICRA, CoRL).\nUnderstanding of performance tradeoffs and deployment constraints (latency, memory, accuracy).\nWork Location: For this position, we are open to hiring in Ann Arbor, MI in a hybrid capacity. We are also open to hiring Remote in the United States.\nPerks of Being a Full-time Torc’r \nTorc cares about our team members and we strive to provide benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and future. Our culture is collaborative, energetic, and team focused. Torc offers: \nA competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options\n100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees \n401K plan with a 6% employer matchFlexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)Company-wide holiday office closures\nAD+D and Life Insurance \nAt Torc, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. 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Dependent on the position offered, sign-on payments, relocation, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. \nJob ID: 102945\nHiring Range for Job Opening \nUS Pay Range\n$215,500—$258,600 USD","description_format":"text","description_chars":5520,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Life insurance","Stock options"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Autonomous Driving","Logistics","Road Transport"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-04T17:35:05Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 71 · green card filings: 9","filings_12m":71,"filings_prev_12m":91,"green_card_filings_12m":9,"median_offered_wage_usd":170250,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":15}],"liveness":{"score":68,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.9,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":48,"expected_fill_days":49,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":258600,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/torc-robotics-staff-machine-learning-engineer-bevmulti-modal-perception","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/torc-robotics-staff-machine-learning-engineer-bevmulti-modal-perception.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T00:50:07Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1263,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3372},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3372"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ftorc-robotics-staff-machine-learning-engineer-bevmulti-modal-perception"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ftorc-robotics-staff-machine-learning-engineer-bevmulti-modal-perception"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ftorc-robotics-staff-machine-learning-engineer-bevmulti-modal-perception"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/torc-robotics-staff-machine-learning-engineer-bevmulti-modal-perception\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftorc-robotics-staff-machine-learning-engineer-bevmulti-modal-perception"}]}