# Senior/Staff Engineer, Machine Learning - Online Mapping

**Company:** [Nuro](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nuro)
**Location:** Mountain View, CA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $194k – $291k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Machine Learning, Online Mapping, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, Computer Vision, Robotics, 3D Geometry, State Estimation, Ml Pipelines, Distributed Training, Ml Compilers, Lidar
**Posted:** 2026-09-08

> Develop and productize online mapping models for autonomous navigation using real-world sensor data. The role requires deep ML expertise, robotics or computer vision experience, strong Python and deep learning framework skills, and a staff-level ability to deliver practical solutions.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Research, develop, and implement state-of-the-art online mapping models and algorithms.
- Analyze and characterize online mapping system performance, identifying improvements to architecture, data, and evaluation in an end-to-end ML system.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with ML teams to integrate models into centralized architectures.
- Partner with autonomy, infrastructure, and systems stakeholders on online mapping needs and requirements.

## Requirements
- Proven experience solving in-production ML problems and balancing data, model, and evaluation tradeoffs.
- Deep understanding of ML fundamentals and hands-on experience training and evaluating modern ML models in autonomous vehicles, robotics, mapping, computer vision, or related fields.
- Experience with robotics-related ML applications and 3D geometry.
- Strong Python skills and experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
- Ability to make practical, data-driven decisions and deliver solutions on schedule.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience working with complex, multi-component systems.
- Experience building ML pipelines and optimizing or productizing ML models.
- Familiarity with distributed training and ML compilers.
- Research publications in conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, RSS, CoRL, or ICRA.
- Deep understanding of 3D geometry and state estimation fundamentals.

## Compensation
- Base pay range: $193,930–$291,150.
- Eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

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