Principal Tech Lead Manager - Embodied AI Evaluation Foundations

General Motors

Olympia, WA

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$296,300–$453,900 Per Year

SKILLS

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audiovisual, Autonomous Driving Systems, Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Concrete, Data Formats, Data Mining, Data Modeling, Data Science, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), High Throughput, Machine Tool, Mentoring, Metrics, Performance Modeling, Process Improvement, Product Development, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Robotics, SLICE (Simulation Language with Integrated Circuit Emphasis), Simulation, State Laws and Regulations, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Time Management, Training Data Sets, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)

LOCATION

Olympia, WA

POSTED

30+ days ago

**Job Description** **About the Team:** The Evaluation Foundations team is a part of the Scaling Foundations team in Embodied AI and is responsible for Building the Largest, most Diverse and highest Quality Datasets for model training and evaluation, now and into the future Utilizing our resources in the most Efficient way, including storage and compute but especially GPUs Minimizing the time of iteration and providing the highest quality introspection tools and evaluation signal to shorten the experimental path towards the best model. **Why Join Us** **?** + Scale upintrospection and evaluation tools that work with billions of examples and enableutilizationof our largedatasets,deliveringthe maximum value to the model through everyadditionalexample. + Work withcutting-edgetechnology and a collaborative, high-impact team of AI/ML engineers, data scientists and engineers who are passionate aboutleveragingadvanced AI techniques to drive innovation for L2, L3 and L4 applications. + Contribute to the safety, reliability, and scalability of next-generation autonomous vehicles. **Role** **:** As a Principal Engineer in the Embodied AI Scaling Foundations organization, you will be a senior technical leader owning the technical vision and architecture for how we **measure and visualize AV model performance** . As a full-stack engineer, you will focus on the entire lifecycle of designing, implementing, scaling and iterating on state-of-the-art tools that the entire Embodied AI organization and adjacent teams in the GM AV organization use. You will level up these foundational tools by, + Providing **high-quality evaluation** **signal** **and introspection tools** to shorten the experimental path toward the best model. + Owning **visualization and metrics presentation** for our model evaluation loop. + Enabling teams to **deeply introspect model behavior** and reach actionable next steps in as few steps as possible. You will collaborate closely with modeling and data scaling teams working on sour Compound AI driving models to define how we evaluate them at scale with model-based metrics, end-to-end simulation and accelerate how engineers use that signal and feed back into data, training, and launch decisions. Your work ensures evaluation, data, and infra form a cohesive **evaluation flywheel** : better signal ? better data and training decisions ? better models ? better signal. **What You'll Do:** + **Own the architecture and roadmap** for evaluation and introspection systems across AV models, ensuring consistent metrics, pipelines, and visualization surfaces. + Partner withthe broaderEmbodied AI teamand integrate **core metrics, scoring functions, and scenario/slice definitions** used for regression, launch gating, and safety analysisinto evaluation tooling owned by the team. + Build and scale **evaluation pipelines** on modern cloud / GPU infrastructure, with strong observability and cost efficiency. + Lead development of **visualization and introspection tools** that let teams quickly drill from aggregates down to concrete examples, failure modes, and regressions. + Partner with Data Consumption/Mining/Quality and Infra Foundations to **turn evaluation insights into data and training actions** (scenario mining, dataset definitions, training recipes, model selection). + Collaborate with simulation and on-road validation teams to **align offline metrics and tools with online behavior** and improve correlation between evaluation and real-world outcomes. + Mentor engineers across Scaling Foundations, set best practices for evaluation and introspection, and act as a **domain expert** for evaluation-relatedtoolingdesigns and reviews. **Your Skills & Abilities:** + Familiarity and experience with at least some of the following key technologies + **Frontend:** React/TypeScript, WebGL/WebGPU(for 3D sensor visualization),Streamlit,Jupyternotebooks + **Backend:** Python, high-throughput data streaming, Parquet for efficient data handling. + **Data/Infra:** Spark for stream processing,BigQuery, Kubernetes, and specialized AV data formats (Rosbags,Protobuf). + Bachelor's,Master'sor PhD degree in Computer Scienceor related field + Experienceaccelerating applied research in the wild andmaintainingbest practices while working on tight deadlines. + Proven experience in building largescale systems that areperformantandusedbylargedistributedteams. + Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders. + Plus:Previousexperience in Robotics or Autonomous Driving. **_Compensation_** **:** The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington. + The salary range for this roleis $296,300 to $453,900.The actual basesalarya successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position. + Bonus Potential: An incentivepayprogram offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance. _Benefits:_ + Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs.Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuitionassistanceprograms, employeeassistanceprogram, GM vehicle discounts and more. 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About the Company

General Motors

LEADING THE CHARGE INTO TOMORROW
AtGeneral Motors, we are passionate about earning customers for life. This vision unites us as a team each and every day and is the hallmark of our customer-driven culture. In fact, there are a lot of exciting things to share about our company.

Our story starts on November 18, 2010, when we completed the world’s largest initial public offering, emerging with a solid financial foundation that enables us to produce great vehicles for our customers and build a bright future for employees, partners and shareholders.Leading the way is our seasoned leadership team who set high standards for our company so that we can give you the best cars and trucks.

COMPANY SIZE

10,000 employees or more

INDUSTRY

Other/Not Classified

FOUNDED

1908

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