Senior Applied Scientist, Perception Systems

1 day ago

San Francisco, California, United States Cruise Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an exceptional Applied Scientist to join our Perception team at Cruise. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for inventing pragmatic, long-term, and stable software solutions to sophisticated problems in perception.

Key Responsibilities
  • Explore, prototype, validate, and iterate new algorithms to overcome challenges on urban roads.
  • Drive efforts to optimize, supervise, and refine on-road performance for models on the path to production.
  • Support the hardware organization by conducting sensitivity studies for hardware selection and architecture investigations.
  • Champion the highest quality in engineering, crafting solutions and not just identifying problems.
Requirements
  • Solid understanding of computer vision fundamentals, including the development and training of ML models.
  • Perform first principles analysis of perception models and experiments to support HW sensor development.
  • Ability to run and retrain Cruise perception machine learning models and evaluate model performance (PR, other metrics).
  • Must be able to work independently and multi-functionally between HW and perception teams.
  • Willingness to be hands-on with sensor data, with a practical understanding of experimental data and hardware versus purely theoretical.
  • Basic knowledge of sensing physics and awareness of different sensing modalities (lidar, cameras, radars, ultrasonic sensors, etc.).
  • Growing expertise with ML frameworks such as Tensorflow, Caffe, and PyTorch.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or other relevant languages.
  • Passion for self-driving car technology and its impact on the world.
Preferred Qualifications
  • PhD in machine learning or computer science.
  • Research experience developing computational cameras, physics-based computer vision systems, or other research at the intersection of CV/ML and sensor development.
  • Experience and growing expertise with ROS, OpenCV, Gazebo, or PCL.
  • Track record in deploying perception algorithms into real-world environments.
  • Experience and growing expertise with autonomous driving technologies.
About Cruise

Cruise is a self-driving service designed for the cities we love. We're building the world's most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

We're creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work. We're committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products.

Cruise is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives.

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