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Machine Learning Engineer - Behavior and Planning

Applied Compute - Sunnyvale, CA, United States - In-office - posted 2026-07-29

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Salary: USD 150,000 - 260,000 / annual

Applied Intuition is a $15B-valued AI infrastructure company (founded 2017) powering autonomous systems across automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture. The company serves 18 of the top 20 global automakers and the US military, with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. You will develop machine learning models for behavior prediction and planning in autonomous vehicles and other road users. Your core responsibilities include prototyping, evaluating, refining, and deploying state-of-the-art ML algorithms that generate driving trajectories for autonomous systems. You'll leverage Applied Intuition's established products to build software and infrastructure foundations for behavior-specific ML development, and collaborate across perception, planning, and research teams on cutting-edge models and techniques. Key qualifications: Bachelor's in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field. You need expertise in at least one subdomain—modeling, input pipelines, evaluation, deployment, or model optimization. Demonstrate end-to-end deep learning development experience, 2+ years building production software with modern practices, fluency in Python, and intermediate C++ proficiency. Nice-to-have credentials include peer-reviewed ML conference publications (NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, ECCV, IROS, ICRA), driver assistance or autonomous driving systems experience, and system-in-the-loop model evaluation expertise. Applied Intuition operates as a primarily in-office company (5 days/week expectation) with flexibility for occasional remote work, morning-from-home starts, or schedule adjustments for personal needs. Compensation includes base salary ($150k–$260k USD annually), equity (options/RSUs), comprehensive health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance, 401(k) with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and PTO.

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