About this Senior/Staff Research Engineer — Vision-Language-Action Models (Autonomous Driving) role at Plus
Plus · Hybrid · Santa Clara, CA
PlusAI is a Physical AI company pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with operations in the United States and Europe, Plus was named by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Partners including TRATON GROUP’s Scania, MAN, and International brands, Hyundai Motor Company, Iveco Group, Bosch, and DSV are working with Plus to accelerate the deployment of next-generation autonomous trucks. If you’re ready to make a huge impact and drive the future of autonomy, Plus is looking for talented individuals to join its fast-growing teams.
You will join our core AI team at the frontier of autonomous decision-making, building the Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models that form SuperDrive's reasoning layer. You'll train VLA models that generate high-level driving decisions and trajectory guidance for on-board strategic decision-making, and design the knowledge distillation and compression techniques that transition large models onto on-board compute.
Responsibilities
Required qualifications
- M.S. minimum, Ph.D. preferred in CS, EE, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
- 3+ years implementing and training models in a deep learning framework (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX).
- Direct, hands-on experience training vision-language / vision-language-action models.
- Hands-on experience with model training, evaluation, and deployment in production.
- Thorough understanding of state-of-the-art vision-language / VLA models, diffusion, flow matching, and transformers.
- Experience with large-scale / distributed model training.
Preferred Qualifications
Salary range:
$170,000-$260,00k
Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.
Salary range
$170,000-$260,00k
Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.
Salary range:
$170,000-$260,00k
Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.
Your opportunities joining PlusAI
Work, learn and grow in a highly future-oriented, innovative and dynamic field.
Wide range of opportunities for personal and professional development.
Catered free lunch, unlimited snacks and beverages.
Highly competitive salary and benefits package, including 401(k) plan.
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