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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About the Company</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business.</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. </span><a href="https://torc.ai/daimler-testing-automated-trucks-public/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Now a part of the Daimler family</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight.</span> </p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">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.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Meet the Team:</span></strong> <br><span data-contrast="none">As a Machine Learning Engineer II – Learned Behaviors, you will help develop and deploy behavior models that power decision-making for autonomous trucks. Working closely with teams across perception, prediction, planning, and safety, you will contribute to learned behavior modules that enable safe, efficient, and human-like driving in real-world freight operations.</span> <br> <br><span data-contrast="none">This role focuses on building, validating, and improving machine learning models and infrastructure that support learned behavior systems within the autonomy stack.</span> <br> <br><strong><span data-contrast="none">What You’ll Do</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Develop and train machine learning models for learned behavior systems, including approaches such as behavior cloning, imitation learning, and reinforcement learning.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Implement production-quality ML code to support model training, evaluation, and inference within the autonomy stack.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Analyze model performance, identify failure modes, and propose improvements to increase robustness and generalization across scenarios.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Contribute to model training pipelines and data workflows, curating behavior datasets from simulation, fleet logs, and on-vehicle data.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Collaborate with simulation, validation, and autonomy engineering teams to test and evaluate learned behavior models across diverse driving environments.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Help integrate learned behavior models into simulation and testing workflows, enabling faster iteration and more comprehensive validation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Support the development of tooling and infrastructure that improves experimentation speed, reproducibility, and model iteration.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Contribute to technical discussions around model architecture and training strategies within the team.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<p> <br><strong><span data-contrast="none">What You’ll Need to Succeed</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related technical field with 4+ years of industry experience, or a Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience applying machine learning techniques such as imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or sequence modeling to robotics, autonomous systems, or complex control environments.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong programming skills in Python and PyTorch, with experience writing production-quality ML code.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience training and evaluating machine learning models using large datasets and scalable compute environments.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Understanding of ML architectures used in autonomy systems, such as transformers, graph neural networks, or sequence models.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience debugging model behavior, analyzing performance metrics, and iterating on training pipelines.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate ML models into larger software systems.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<p> <br> <br><strong><span data-contrast="none">Bonus Points!</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience working in autonomous driving, robotics, or simulation-based training environments.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience with reinforcement learning frameworks or distributed training systems (e.g., Ray).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience working with simulation environments or large-scale behavior datasets.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Familiarity with vehicle dynamics, motion planning, or multi-agent decision-making systems.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience deploying ML models into production or real-world robotics systems.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559738":30,"335559739":30,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Hiring Range for Job Opening </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">US Pay Range</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">$153,200 - $183,300 USD</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<p>Job ID: 102515</p>
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