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With a strong focus on intelligent mobility, XPENG is dedicated to reshaping the future of transportation through cutting-edge R&D in AI, machine learning, and smart connectivity.\nWe are looking for a full-time Machine Learning Engineer - AI Foundation, with deep knowledge and strong enthusiasm towardsestablishing a state-of-artMLinfrastructure for training very large foundation model and accelerating model training/inference.\nOur mission is to solve the autonomous driving problem. 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