Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior Planning and Prediction

What this role involves

Nuro is hiring a Machine Learning Research Scientist to work on behavior planning and prediction for autonomous driving. The role involves researching and deploying scalable ML-based planning and prediction systems, with a focus on generative sequence modeling and sequential decision making. Candidates should have an M.Sc. or Ph.D. in a relevant field and expertise in areas like imitation learning, deep reinforcement learning, and large models.

Skills this posting asks for

• python
• c++
• machine learning
• deep reinforcement learning
• imitation learning
• generative modeling
• large models
• pretraining
• finetuning
• sequential decision making
• trajectory prediction
• motion planning
• self-supervised learning
• out-of-distribution detection
• causal reasoning
• model interpretability
• embodied ai
• robotics

From the employer’s posting

Who We Are Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platf…