Machine Learning Research Scientist – Prediction & Smart Agents

Job overview

The Machine Learning Research Scientist – Prediction & Smart Agents role is an onsite, full-time position in Mountain View, CA. Compensation is not specified in the structural listing. The role supports Nuro’s prediction team, which develops machine learning methods to improve the behavior of its autonomous driving system.

What you'll do

• Build scalable machine-learning prediction systems that generate realistic, multimodal, kinematically feasible trajectories
• research generative sequence modeling and sequential decision-making
• collaborate with the Planning team on controllable agents for closed-loop simulation and reinforcement learning
• mitigate uncertainty across autonomy components
• and develop deployable solutions for real-world vehicles.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

machine learning research scientist

prediction

smart agents

autonomous driving

generative modeling

sequential decision-making

reinforcement learning

python

mountain view ca

nuro

autonomy research

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• The posting states eligibility for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.

Why this role

The posting seeks expertise in areas such as sequential decision-making, prediction, imitation learning, deep reinforcement learning, generative modeling, or machine learning for robotics, plus Python programming and experience deploying machine-learning systems onboard.

About the employer

Nuro is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.