Staff AI Engineer - SimAI Team

Minimum Qualifications  

• Master’s degree required, PhD preferred, in CS, Robotics, EE, or related fields. 

• 8+ years of applied ML/AI engineering experience, with at least 3+ years delivering production AI systems at scale. 

• Deep knowledge of at least one modern multimodal or 3D computer vision pipeline (e.g., NeRF, Gaussian Splatting, world models, diffusion-based generation). 

• Hands-on experience building AI agents or tools and deploying machine learning models in production. 

• Strong programming skills in Python, along with experience using a modern ML/AI library such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenAI APIs, HuggingFace, gsplat, etc. 

• Solid understanding of ML fundamentals including data preprocessing, training pipelines, evaluation metrics, and model performance optimization. 

• Ability to move fluidly between research exploration and practical engineering. 

• Demonstrated ability to lead projects end-to-end with minimal guidance. 

Preferred Qualifications  

• Proven experience fine-tuning and optimizing foundation models (LLMs, VLMs, diffusion, 3D neural models). 

• Experience integrating models into simulation pipelines, robotics systems, mapping workflows, or AV perception stacks. 

• Experience with scene understanding, or computational geometry

• Background in 3D geometry, graphics, or sensor modeling. 

• Proficiency with vector search/RAG systems and embedding pipelines. 

• Familiarity with GCP or other cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Docker, and production observability. 

• Prior experience mentoring teams, defining architecture, and leading multi-quarter technical initiatives. 

Compensation:

• The expected base compensation for this role is: $189,300 - $290,700. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• You also need to include general information about potential commissions, if applicable.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program 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, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
   

Company Vehicle:

Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.
 

Remote: 

This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of [Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren, Milford or Mountain View/Sunnyvale], you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.