Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Auto Park Motion Planning

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility

At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.

We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design - where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.

Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we're providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

Role:

• Develop and maintain software and algorithms enabling vehicles to complete parking maneuvers safely, accurately, and reliably
• Design reusable, optimized behavior and motion planning software architectures for Level 2/3/4 autonomous parking systems
• Construct and implement advanced machine learning algorithms for data-driven parking behavior
• Lead software development by leveraging stack architecture expertise to design and implement algorithms in real-world systems
• Develop high performance behavior and motion planning algorithms with low latency
• Design, prototype, test, and release cutting-edge planning software stacks for Lucid production programs
• Implement high-quality automotive grade software code compliant to automotive quality and safety standards
• Work closely with other teams to ensure a seamless and robust implementation and deployment of motion planning products for autonomous parking systems
• Maintain alignment through effective communication
• Support the production verification and validation of the motion planning algorithms using prototype vehicles and pre-production vehicles

Required Qualifications:

• Master or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, ML or a related field
• Professional experience implementing reliable production systems involving large-scale systems, evaluation pipelines, ML models and performance metrics
• Expert level knowledge and experience Python and PyTorch or TensorFlow
• Proficiency in C++ and hands-on SWE design skills
• Solid understanding of state-of-the-art models and approaches or perception, prediction, or planning in the self-driving space
• Comfortable with fundamentals of physics, probability, and statistics
• Excellent communication skills and willingness to learn

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in AV planning and behavior prediction
• Experience developing real-time systems
• Hands-on experience testing complex AV systems on real-world platforms

Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.

Additional Compensation and Benefits: Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid's equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)

Base Pay Range (Annual)

$145,600-$200,200 USD

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