Senior Machine Learning Engineer 3D Perception

Torc Robotics is a Daimler Truck subsidiary developing Level 4 autonomous-driving software and systems for long-haul Freightliner Cascadia trucks.

Blacksburg, United States
About Torc Robotics

Founded in 2005 as Torc Technologies, Torc Robotics commercializes self-driving trucking technology, including its virtual-driver software, for freight operations.

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About the Role

You will design, develop, and deploy production machine learning models for 3D and camera-based perception. You will own model development from data preparation through deployment, improve model performance and training workflows, integrate models into autonomy software, and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of industry experience, Master's degree with 3+ years, or PhD with 1+ years
  • Production machine learning model development for computer vision, perception, robotics, or autonomous systems
  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Deep learning
  • Large-scale dataset training and evaluation
  • Image-based or 3D perception systems
  • Model debugging and performance analysis
  • Cross-functional ML software integration

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and deploy production machine learning models for perception systems
  • Own end-to-end model development from data preparation and training through evaluation and deployment
  • Write production-quality ML code for scalable training, evaluation, and inference workflows
  • Analyze model performance and improve robustness, accuracy, and generalization
  • Develop and optimize multi-modal camera-based and 3D perception models
  • Integrate perception models into production autonomy software
  • Improve training pipelines, data workflows, and tooling
  • Contribute to model architecture decisions
  • Mentor junior engineers

Benefits

  • Bonus component
  • Stock options
  • 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums
  • 401K plan with a 6% employer match
  • Flexible schedule
  • Generous paid vacation available immediately after start date
  • Company-wide holiday office closures
  • AD+D insurance
  • Life insurance