Staff ML Operations Engineer

Woven by Toyota is the mobility technology subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. Our mission is to deliver safe, intelligent, human-centered mobility for all. Through our Arene mobility software platform, safety-first automated driving technology and Toyota Woven City — our test course for advanced mobility — we’re bringing greater freedom, safety and happiness to people and society. 

Our unique global culture weaves modern Silicon Valley innovation and time-tested Japanese quality craftsmanship. We leverage these complementary strengths to amplify the capabilities of drivers, foster happiness, and elevate well-being.

Team

As an expert in large-scale ML training and deployment ecosystems, you will be embedded within the Advanced Automated Driving & ADAS team and work directly with Autonomy ML engineers to accelerate development and deployment of ML models. Your work will support improving the quality of our production models deployed on cars, use your ML experience and insight to identify ML ops gaps, design architectures, and develop tools to support training and deployment of ML models on large scale data. You will work with a set of large-scale and interconnected tools, and help in improving scalability, efficiency, and utility of all aspects of a world-class ML ops ecosystem. You will operate across ML Platform, production Autonomy model owners, Research, and Cloud Infrastructure to trailblaze efficient, and fast toolings for integration, testing, and deployment of those models for themselves and for others. This role is hybrid and will report to Engineering Manager located in Palo Alto, CA.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and use SOTA methods for efficient, large-scale training of ML models and support multi-platform deployment including automotive-grade edge compute devices
• Operate cross-functionally and serve a dual hat role to identify opportunities to improve production models, for example by improving model architectures and identifying bottlenecks such as latency hot spots, while trailblazing and generalizing involved methods and toolings to empower others
• Architect and develop tools for ML model evaluation and end-to-end validation to help ML engineers assess impact of their changes to downstream customers and modules
• Improve the utility of our vehicle data by building and improving the infrastructure for data sampling, data curation and data representation; improve versatility of our ML data format to support data reuse across models
• Prepare our architecture to increase to the next level while taking advantage of heterogeneous clusters to maximize resource efficiency
• Upgrade our software ecosystem to be compatible with more cost-efficient training instances offered through cloud providers, or on-prem hardware

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors, and preferably masters in Computer Science or related discipline
• Strong ML/ML Ops engineer with extensive experience in building large-scale data intensive distributed applications
• Experience in the full ML Ops cycle covering data cleansing, data sampling, data curation, training, testing, and deployment in the cloud and on edge compute platforms
• Prior experience of building and shipping ML models in a production environment
• Knowledge of SOTA methods and demonstrated curiosity and track record for keeping up with the literature
• Expert Python and PyTorch practitioner (5+ years of experience)
• Familiarity C++ skills
• Familiarity with cloud compute providers, e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure.
• Strong experience with distributed training
• Familiarity with deployment and tuning ML models for edge device

161,000 - 264,500 a year

Your base salary is one part of your total compensation. At Woven by Toyota, we offer a base salary, a bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package. The California pay scale for this full time position is $161,000 - 264,500. The total compensation offered to an employee will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and level.

WHAT WE OFFER

We are committed to creating a modern work environment that supports our employees and their loved ones. We offer many options of the best programs to allow you to do your most meaningful work and to help you shape the future of mobility.

・Excellent health, wellness, dental and vision coverage

・A rewarding 401k program

・Flexible vacation policy

・Family planning and care benefits

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Our Commitment

・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

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