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General Motors · 2 days ago

Technical Fellow–Artificial Intelligence (Computer Vision/LLMs/VLMs)

Austin, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$234K/yr - $358K/yr

15+ years exp

General Motors is a leading automotive company focused on creating a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion. They are seeking a Technical Fellow to lead the design and deployment of AI systems, particularly in computer vision and large language models, to enhance manufacturing processes.

AutomotiveElectric VehicleInformation ServicesManufacturingTransportation

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Don Hunt

Responsibilities

Sets the org-wide bar for engineering excellence and quality

Challenges assumptions and drives high-impact technical decisions

Leads cross-functional alignment across software, data, hardware, safety, and security

Owns outcomes across programs and platforms, including risk, quality, and long-term maintainability

Scales expertise through mentorship, playbooks, and knowledge sharing

Provides authoritative AI/ML leadership on architecture design, evaluation, robustness, and explainability

Delivers invention and platform solutions with measurable business and customer value

Owns end-to-end technical strategy and architecture; defines critical requirements and Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs)

Directs complex design reviews and trade studies; records decisions through Architecture Decision Record (ADRs)

Balances system requirements across performance, safety, reliability, cost, and compliance

Defines and enforces org-wide standards and best practices (testing, CI/CD, MLOps/data governance)

Acts as a force multiplier: mentors senior/staff, raises the hiring bar, and leads critical postmortems

Qualification

Computer VisionLarge Language Models (LLMs)Vision-Language Models (VLMs)Machine Learning FrameworksCloud-based DevelopmentMLOpsAI Solutions DesignContinuous ImprovementCommunicationMentorship

Required

PhD in a relevant field or related discipline (STEM focused), or equivalent research experience with a proven track record of publications in reputed journals and conferences

15+ years' experience in research and design Computer Vision / VLM / LLM solutions with significant focus on Machine Vision, with at least 10 of those years in a hands-on technical or scientific leadership position

Experience in designing and implementing large scale AI solutions

Experience in leading large-scale AI/ML development projects from concept to multiple releases in production

Strong hands on experience with at least one of the popular machine learning frameworks (PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, etc.), and familiarity with programming languages (C++, Python, Java, etc.)

Familiarity with multiple open-source machine/computer vision libraries (OpenCV, PIL, etc.)

Familiarity with OpenGL and OpenCL

In-depth experience with Ops, MLOps, and/or VLM/LLMOps

Familiarity in cloud-based development and integration (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)

Experience leading high-impact, cross-company initiatives

Established track record of excellence in relevant research areas

Excellent communication skills in presentation (both verbal and slides)

Very strong drive for continuous delivery of new and improved capabilities to production