Job Summary:
Torc Robotics is a leader in autonomous driving focused on developing software for automated trucks. They are seeking a Senior ML Engineer to build, maintain, and improve their ML frameworks, enabling advanced autonomous vehicle solutions at scale.
Responsibilities:
โข You will work to build, maintain and improve our Torc ML frameworks including the following tools:
โข Cloud tooling
โข Terraform, AWS Managed Services, EKS, Ray
โข Data ops
โข Parquet processing (PyArrow, Daft, Pandas), vector databases / LanceDB, MCAP/ROS
โข ML Development pipeline
โข Python, Ray, PyTorch, Lightning, Gymnasium
โข Logging & aggregation, Experiment tracking, Model registry & lineage
โข Visualization & dashboarding (e.g., tableau, voxel51, rerun)
โข Design organization wide systems and platforms for ML Ops.
โข Be a key driver of the technical requirements and the adoption of the AV 3.0 Dev Kit with internal stakeholders.
โข Drive velocity in development, review, iteration, and be one of the key contributors to help drive the team forward.
โข You will be a trusted technical voice to drive collaboration of the Data Loop & Simulation organization within the AI Division at Torc.
Qualifications:
Required:
โข Bachelorโs degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with 6+ years of professional experience.
โข Masterโs degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with 3+ years of professional experience.
โข Experience with large scale distributed training, specifically working with Ray.
โข You are well versed in open-source software and make contributions.
โข You have built ML solutions that have reached production.
โข You feel comfortable with the data science and ML iteration/lifecycle.
โข You can balance multiple stakeholders when designing components of the ML development lifecycle.
โข You have familiarity with compute and data platforms.
โข You want to build, maintain, grow, and improve our ML platform.
โข You know that a healthy software deployment requires mature software practices.
โข Experience in the autonomous vehicle (L4) or adjacent industry.
โข Knowledge of English is required since the selected candidate will need to collaborate daily with English-speaking colleagues in the United States and work with technical documentation written exclusively in English.
Preferred:
โข You are familiar with model optimizations/compression for edge deployment.
โข You love to speak with users and help them reach their goals.
โข Reinforcement Learning for physical AI.
โข Publications in relevant conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ICLR, etc.).
โข Contribute to open source software and speaking at seminars or conferences.
Company:
Torc provides L4 end-to-end self-driving software for mobility, trucking, mining, and defense markets through strategic partnerships Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in Blacksburg, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.