Senior Machine Learning Engineer

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer in USA

Lucid Motors
Full time
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USA
09/16/2026
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Newark, CA

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain high-performance, low-latency end-to-end planning algorithms for highway, urban, and parking autonomous-driving scenarios.
Design reusable and optimized behavior and motion-planning software architectures for Level 2/3/4 autonomous-driving systems.
Develop advanced machine-learning algorithms for data-driven driving behavior and end-to-end planning.
Lead software development and deploy autonomy algorithms through closed-loop pipelines and real-world vehicle systems.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement and deploy robust motion-planning products.

Requirements

Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related field.
Professional experience implementing reliable production systems involving vision-action models, vision-language-action models, generative models such as diffusion or flow-matching models, and autonomous-driving performance metrics.
Expert-level hands-on experience with Python and PyTorch.
Strong knowledge of state-of-the-art perception, prediction, and planning approaches for autonomous driving.
Strong foundation in physics, probability, and statistics.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve software engineering efficiency, code quality, and workflows.
Preferred: experience building and validating real-time autonomous-driving or robotics systems, including planning and behavior prediction.
Preferred: proficiency in C++ and strong software design and engineering skills.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and disability coverage; paid time off, paid holidays, paid sick leave, and a 401(k) retirement plan.
Eligible employees may participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or discretionary annual cash incentive program.
The position is salaried/exempt according to the posting, with salaried employees accruing up to 160 hours of paid time off.

Salary: $158k - $218k/yr

Lucid Motors

We launched Lucid in 2016 to build the world’s best cars and accelerate the shift to clean energy. Our vehicles deliver best-in-class performance *and* efficiency. Equally important, we’re building a world-class team: From our state-of-the-art factory in Arizona to our global headquarters in Cali...

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