[Hiring] Senior Machine Learning Engineer @Torc Robotics

Role Description

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Camera Models, you will develop and deploy machine learning models that power camera-based perception for autonomous trucks. The Camera Models team builds and maintains core vision systems that enable the autonomy stack to understand the environment, detect and localize objects, and estimate scene structure from camera data.

Working closely with teams across perception, data, and infrastructure, you will own the development and improvement of robust, scalable camera-based models that support safe and reliable autonomous driving in real-world freight environments.

This role focuses on owning model development for scoped problem areas, improving system performance through iteration, and delivering production-ready machine learning solutions within the autonomy stack.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and deploy deep learning models for camera-based perception (e.g., object detection, segmentation, depth estimation, scene understanding)
• Own end-to-end model development for scoped areas, from data curation and training to evaluation and deployment
• Write production-quality ML code to support scalable training, evaluation, and inference pipelines
• Analyze model performance across diverse driving scenarios, identify failure modes, and improve robustness and generalization
• Contribute to and improve large-scale training pipelines, including dataset preparation, distributed training, and experiment tracking
• Partner with data teams to improve dataset quality, including labeling strategies and coverage of edge cases
• Collaborate with perception, simulation, and validation teams to evaluate and integrate models into the autonomy stack
• Improve tooling, workflows, and infrastructure to accelerate experimentation and model iteration
• Contribute to model architecture decisions and technical discussions within the team
• Mentor junior engineers on implementation, debugging, and best practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related technical field with 6+ years of industry experience, OR Master’s degree with 3+ years OR PhD with 1+ years of experience
• Experience developing and deploying deep learning models for computer vision or perception systems
• Strong programming skills in Python and PyTorch, with experience writing production-quality ML code
• Experience training and evaluating models using large-scale datasets and distributed compute environments
• Solid understanding of modern deep learning architectures used in perception (e.g., CNNs, transformers, multi-task models)
• Experience debugging model behavior, analyzing performance metrics, and improving model reliability
• Ability to translate ambiguous problems into structured ML solutions and deliver independently
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally to integrate ML models into larger autonomy or robotics systems

Bonus Points

• Experience in autonomous driving, robotics, or simulation-based ML systems
• Experience with multi-task learning or unified perception architectures
• Experience with large-scale data pipelines, distributed training systems (e.g., Ray), or experiment management frameworks
• Familiarity with camera calibration, geometric reasoning, or 3D perception from images (e.g., BEV, monocular depth, structure-from-motion)
• Experience deploying ML models into production or real-world robotics systems

Work Location

For this position, we are open to hiring in either the Ann Arbor, MI OR Blacksburg, VA (U.S.) office work locations in a hybrid capacity. We are also open to hiring Remote in the United States.

Benefits

• A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
• 401K plan with a 6% employer match
• Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)
• Company-wide holiday office closures
• AD+D and Life Insurance