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Senior ML Engineer, 4D Engine

Posted 6 months agoSan Francisco, CAfull-time

About This Role

Own the ML models that power Avala's auto-labeling pipeline — from point cloud segmentation to 4D temporal tracking. You'll ship models that run at 89% accuracy today and push toward 95%+, directly reducing the human effort required to create ground truth data for Physical AI.

What You'll Do: • Design, train, and deploy perception models for 3D point cloud and multi-sensor annotation (LiDAR, camera, radar) • Build and improve the auto-labeling pipeline that currently achieves 89% accuracy across cuboid, polygon, and segmentation tasks • Develop temporal tracking models for 4D annotation — predicting object trajectories across sequential frames • Optimize model inference for real-time performance in the browser via WebGPU compute shaders • Collaborate with the annotation operations team to identify high-impact model improvements using production QA data • Build evaluation frameworks and A/B testing infrastructure for model quality measurement

Requirements: • 5+ years of production ML experience, with at least 2 years in 3D perception, point cloud processing, or autonomous vehicle perception stacks • Strong experience with PyTorch and production model serving (SageMaker, TorchServe, or equivalent) • Deep understanding of 3D computer vision: point cloud segmentation, object detection, multi-sensor fusion • Experience with temporal models (tracking, prediction) is highly valued • Published research or shipped production systems in 3D perception

Nice to Have: • Experience at an AV company (Waymo, Cruise, Tesla, Aurora, Zoox, Nuro) • Familiarity with Gaussian Splatting or neural radiance fields • Experience with WebGPU or GPU compute for ML inference in the browser

Role Details

Computer Vision3D GraphicsPythonPyTorchMachine LearningPoint Clouds

What We Offer

Competitive salary and meaningful equity in the team building Fleet Learning Infrastructure for Physical AGI
Full health, dental, and vision coverage, plus FSA and unlimited PTO
Work on the closed-loop data infrastructure that the next generation of autonomous systems learns from
A team that built Tesla Autopilot's data infrastructure, now building something bigger