Manager, Engineering - Multitask Machine Learning Ann Arbor, MI

Company: Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
Location: Ann Arbor
Posted on: March 31, 2025

Job Description:

Manager, Engineering - Multitask Machine LearningAbout the CompanyAt Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business.A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight.Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.Meet The Team:The model development department is hiring an engineering manager who leads a machine learning team working on backbones for large multimodal multitask models. As the leader of the team, you are responsible for providing an environment in which your team can deliver results, stay focused on cutting edge technology and grow both as individuals and as a team. You are embedded in a group of multiple machine learning teams, each focusing on different machine learning problems along our robotics autonomous driving stack, both on the perception and behavior side. You are taking over the people leadership tasks, as well as the project management tasks. You are representing your team outside of your group and make sure that your team delivers what it committed to. Operating at the intersection of engineering and project management exposes you to every detail that your team works on the one hand, and to the broader mission of our department, providing all machine learning models for our autonomous truck, on the other hand.Torc's Autonomy Applications software utilizes cutting-edge deep learning techniques to perceive the vehicle's environment, predict the movements of other vehicles, and execute accurate driving decisions. We are actively seeking a highly experienced machine learning engineering manager to lead our multitask backbone team. This is an exceptional opportunity for you to have a significant impact on the future of the autonomous vehicle industry by leveraging AI.What You'll Do:

• Taking charge on delivery of machine learning algorithms for multitask perception algorithms, with a focus on the shared encoder.
• Training machine learning models.
• Supervising data deliveries and data distributions of the team.
• Reviewing training artifacts and understanding verification results of model trainings.
• Collaborating with other management and teams as needed to meet goals, monitor team performance, and achieve objectives.
• Responsible for understanding the software or system technical domain of their assigned team.
• Accountable for career development and coaching of the team.
• Accountable for performance management of their team.
• Ensuring continuous performance feedback is delivered and compensation analysis in close collaboration with peer managers and People Operations.
• Managing a team with existing system and/or defined strategy. Leading a team of engineers that are tasked with building or solving difficult machine learning problems. Responsible for the quality of work, accuracy, record keeping, standards and ensuring a basic level of compliance.
• Responsive to others and able to effectively collaborate to meet established standards, compliance requirements, implementation, and service delivery schedules.
• Demonstrated functional knowledge of business area and demonstrates results of ongoing learning and professional development. Ability to effectively manage people and identify opportunities to develop staff experience and expertise.
• Scope of Influence: Focused within the team with focus on impacts to customer, technology quality and system cost.What You'll Need to Succeed:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, artificial intelligence or related field with 6+ years of professional experience or a Master's degree with 4+ years of experience
  • Scientific understanding of machine learning for robotics perception
  • Experience with training machine learning models
  • Experience with understanding data distribution
  • Mastery of Python and Pytorch, with the ability to transition research level code to production and deployment ready standards
  • Project Management experience in machine learning projects
  • 2+ years of people leadership experienceBonus Points!
    • PhD in machine learning or data science
    • Experience with relevant NVIDIA libraries and frameworks, such as CUBLAS, CuDNN, and NPPPerks of Being a Full-time Torc'rTorc cares about our team members and we strive to provide benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and future. Our culture is collaborative, energetic, and team focused. Torc offers:
      • 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 InsuranceHiring Range for Job Opening:US Pay Range: $160,800 - $193,000 USDAt Torc, we're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We celebrate the uniqueness of our Torc'rs and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, or disabilities.Even if you don't meet 100% of the qualifications listed for this opportunity, we encourage you to apply.Apply for this job
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