Staff AI Engineer

Job Description

Workplace Classification:

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the candidate is expected to report to their primary work location three times per week, at minimum, or other frequency dictated by the business.

The Role:

The Staff AI Engineer is responsible for supporting and reinforcing the adoption of AI Software Engineering across the MFG IT organization with the goal of establishing significant improvements in the Manufacturing space relative to manufacturing productivity/efficiency.

The Staff AI Engineer will drive the identification, evaluation, and adoption of rapid iterative and incremental computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning software solutions together with Junior and Principal AI Engineers and our Manufacturing Engineering business partners.

We are looking for Staff AI Engineers who: 

• Have a steadfast drive for excellence 
• Challenge themselves and their peers 
• Enjoy working collaboratively in a cross-functional teams 
• Demonstrate an excellent work ethic 
• Have a strong ability and willingness to learn 
• Excel in data science and deep learning
• Desire to deliver innovative solutions to complex problems 
• Leads and generates technical solutions including specifying of requirements, functional decomposition, analysis, development and testing for current, new and major programs
• Perform complex design analysis
• Specify and balances system requirements
• Provide, communicate, and support common best practices among software community

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):

• Definition and adoption of GM MFG AI capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to update and/or streamline the current AI and GM Robotics Engineering processes together with Manufacturing Engineering SMEs.
• Define and develop ML solutions in real-world environments.
• Computer Vision solutions in real-world environments.
• Ability to digest, design and deploy solutions based on research artifacts.
• Simulation
• Data Visualization
• Designing solutions at scale (minimize operational overhead).
• End to end understanding of systems and interfaces, so solutions can be built to fit within constraints.

Additional Job Description

What You'll Need (Required Qualifications):  

• Master’s degree in Computer Engineering or Data Science
• In-depth Knowledge and experience with software development
• In-depth experience designing, training, testing and deploying deep learning models for vision applications
• In-depth experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, and/or Keras
• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 10+ years of AI, ML, and/or data science experience
• In-depth Experience with Ops, MLOps and/or LLMOps

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• PhD
• Publications
• In-depth knowledge of ML fundamentals
• Demonstrated experience in developing and deploying ML solutions for real world applications
• Experience in Cloud Technologies such as Docker, K8, and more generically on HPC platforms
• Knowledge in Java/C#, Python, SQL, C/C++
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to think outside the box

Compensation:

The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.

The salary range for this role is $195,000 to $298,800. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits:

GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate.

Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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Why Join Us 

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values; 
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.   We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

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