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Woven by Toyota · 3 months ago

Perception Lead Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$161K/yr - $264K/yr

5+ years exp

Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s transformation into a mobility company through human-centric innovation. They are seeking a Perception Lead Engineer to develop and deploy machine learning models for autonomous driving, provide mentorship to the team, and shape the direction of perception capabilities.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSoftware

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead perception ML model R&D by prototyping, validating, and iterating on existing and new model architectures, setting direction and best practices for the team

Own end-to-end development of new ML models, from data strategy and initial development to optimization, production platform validation, and fine-tuning based on metrics and on-road performance

Lead large, multi-person projects, shaping the overall Perception architecture and driving technical direction

Mentor and enable other engineers through coaching, leading by example in writing high-quality code, conducting thorough code and design document reviews, and delivering rigorous ML experiment reports

Drive agile development practices in a high-velocity environment, ensuring the team can adapt and deliver quickly

Foster a collaborative, “get things done” mentality, promoting accountability and high performance across the team

Collaborate with downstream stakeholders to define interfaces and requirements for the Perception stack

Closely collaborate with Perception subteams to develop end-to-end solutions

Qualification

Machine LearningPyTorchC++Computer VisionReal-time Operating SystemsCUDALinuxCommunication SkillsTeam LeadershipProblem Solving

Required

MS, or higher degree, in CS/CE/EE, or equivalent in-industry experience

5+ years of experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, Caffee, Tensorflow

Extensive experience with machine learning and classification

5+ years of experience in machine learning workflows: data sampling and curation, pre-processing, model training, ablation studies, evaluation, deployment, inference optimization

Strong programming skills in Python or C++

Passionate about self driving car technology and its potential for humanity

Experience in writing production level code in a real-time operating system

Strong communication skills and ability to communicate concepts clearly and precisely

Preferred

Hands-on experience with building a perception stack for autonomous systems

Experience in runtime optimization for runtime-critical systems on Linux and UNIX-like real-time operating systems

Experience with CUDA or OpenCL

Experience with automotive grade compute platforms

Experience with building safety-critical software architectures

Benefits

Excellent health, wellness, dental, and vision coverage

A rewarding 401k program

Flexible vacation policy

Family planning and care benefits

Company

Woven by Toyota

Woven by Toyota improve the vehicle intelligence software and operation and accelerate the Toyota Mobility Concept.

Founded in 2023

Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN

1001-5000 employees

https://woven.toyota/en

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