Machine Learning Engineer II - AV Foundation, AV Labs

About the Role

Uber is launching AV Labs to accelerate the autonomous technology ecosystem. We’re building out a high-velocity team of multi-disciplinary experts to turn real-world operations into high-quality data for our autonomous partners. This team will be focused on the hardest problem in AV today: unlocking real-world, long-tail driving data. Autonomy is now a data race–and Uber has an edge: We collect rare, real-world driving data at a scale and capital efficiency no one else can match (millions of Uber trips every hour across cities, conditions, and edge cases create the data autonomy has been missing). We will build platforms that harness scale and real-world complexity to reimagine how the world moves.

You will be an ML engineer in AV Labs conducting autonomous vehicle modeling and research, with an emphasis on developing foundational and applied techniques that shape the future of autonomous driving. The ideal candidate will formulate research problems, design and evaluate novel modeling approaches, and influence the direction of large-scale autonomous systems through strong scientific judgment and execution. You will work cross-functionally with engineers from AV Labs and partner engineering teams which enables Uber’s mission of helping people go anywhere and get anything and earn their way.

What You Will Do:

• Design and implement cutting-edge techniques for autonomous vehicle systems.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams and product teams across AV Labs to integrate modeling approaches into production pipelines.
• Publish and present original research at top-tier CV and ML conferences.

Basic Qualifications:

• PhD or MS with equivalent industry experience in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
• Relevant experience in autonomous vehicles or computer vision, with a strong understanding of how research ideas connect to autonomous vehicle systems.
• Demonstrated technical contributions, including publications at leading ML and CV conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, ICLR, NeurIPS, or similar venues.
• Proficiency in Python and modern deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow; experience with C++ or deploying models in production environments is a plus.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with researchers and engineers across teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with autonomous vehicles research.
• Hands-on experience in training multimodal LLMs for autonomous vehicle systems or relevant computer vision systems.
• Recent publications in one or more of the following areas: 3D perception & scene understanding, multimodal embedding, diffusion models, gaussian splatting, vision language action models, and world models.
• Experience with real-world product development and deployment.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$171,000 per year - USD$190,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link .

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form .

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.