Director, Prediction And Ml Planning

Motional

Boston, United States
Base: $288,000 - $396,000 usd; bonus/equity: may i...
On-site
5+ years managing engineering teams
Deep expertise in imitation learning
Advanced reinforcement learning for decision making
The role involves leading multiple engineering sub-teams to transition the behavior stack toward a unified Large Driving Model performing joint prediction and planning

Job Summary

  • The role involves leading multiple engineering sub-teams to transition the behavior stack toward a unified Large Driving Model performing joint prediction and planning.
  • Candidates are expected to stay at the frontier of AI research and guide the team in incorporating modern paradigms like Vision-Language-Action models.
  • Motional offers a competitive salary range of $288,000 to $396,000 USD along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401k matching.

Matching Summary

The role involves leading multiple engineering sub-teams to transition the behavior stack toward a unified Large Driving Model performing joint prediction and planning.

Salary

Base: $288,000 - $396,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: May include additional forms of compensation such as bonus or company equity; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k with match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years managing engineering teams
  • Deep expertise in Imitation Learning
  • Advanced Reinforcement Learning for decision making
  • Experience with unified trajectory forecasting models
  • Familiarity with Vision-Language-Action models

Nice-to-have

  • Track record of publishing at CVPR or NeurIPS
  • Experience scaling LLMs and VLMs to production
  • Background in building large-scale data pipelines
  • Strong footprint in AI robotics research community

Key Requirements

  • M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field
  • 3+ years managing multiple sub-teams in autonomous systems
  • Proven experience deploying ML models to vehicle platforms

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