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ML Engineer, Autonomous Driving Planning and Prediction
Newark, CA
Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility
At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.
We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.
Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.
We are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer – Planning and Prediction (ADAS) to join our team
This role is based in Newark, CA and requires employees to be onsite five days a week.
Role:
- Design, develop, and evaluate cutting-edge machine learning architectures for ADAS actor prediction, behavior modeling, and motion planning
- Prototype, engineer, test, release, and launch ML-based features for ADAS and autonomous driving systems
- Conduct research into state-of-the-art ML planning and prediction techniques and bring these innovations into production systems
- Stay current with academic and industry advancements in planning and prediction, integrating promising methodologies into Lucid’s ADAS stack
- Analyze data from simulation and fleet logs to identify and extract critical driving scenarios
- Support data curation, storage, and transport workflows to facilitate automated inference and model development
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related field
- Expert-level proficiency in Python and ML libraries such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Proficiency in C++ and strong hands-on experience with software engineering design principles
- Proven experience deploying production systems that integrate large-scale ML models, evaluation pipelines, and performance metrics
- Solid understanding of state-of-the-art techniques in perception, prediction, or planning for autonomous systems
- Demonstrated experience designing scalable and efficient deep learning models
- Understanding of traditional (non-ML) planning methods
- Background in at least one of the following: perception, environment modeling, prediction, or planning in ADAS, autonomous vehicles, or robotic applications
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in ML development, particularly in large-scale data and real-time systems
- Academic or hands-on experience with imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or simulation-based training
- Experience working with foundational models, large language models (LLMs), or end-to-end AV planning systems
- Experience porting ML models to embedded platforms, with strong C++ fundamentals
Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.
Additional Compensation and Benefits: Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)
Base Pay Range (Annual)
$156,800 - $215,600 USD
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