General Motors

Senior State Estimation Engineer – Localization

General Motors

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: SunnyvaleCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $170,600 - $261,300 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Drive the design, development, and deployment of advanced solutions for state estimation, localization, sensor calibration and more.
  • Lead and architect complex projects, from conception through validation to onboard implementation, emphasizing scalability, robustness, and safety-critical operation.
  • Drive innovation in vehicle motion estimation, determination of vehicle pose in global maps, multi-sensor self-calibration in unstructured environments, state estimation architectures, and fault tolerance strategies suited for real-time onboard deployment.
  • Provide technical mentorship and thought leadership, elevating engineering practices, and fostering innovation across teams.
  • Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary engineering groups, ensuring seamless integration of localization, sensor alignment, and other capabilities into autonomous vehicle systems.
  • Influence technical roadmaps, shaping strategic priorities aligned with company objectives and product milestones.

Requirements

  • Master's or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of extensive experience developing and deploying advanced state estimation and/or sensor calibration systems, particularly in real-time onboard applications.
  • Proven track record as a technical leader and expert in state estimation, localization and/or sensor calibration, operating on a wide variety of sensor inputs to perform robustly within safety-critical systems.
  • Strong software engineering proficiency, particularly in C++ and Python, alongside extensive hands-on experience with development, integration, and testing tools.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring abilities, comfortable influencing technical strategy and guiding engineering excellence across the organization.
  • Bonus: AV/ADAS experience is a big plus
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • retirement savings plan
  • sickness and accident benefits
  • life insurance
  • paid vacation & holidays
  • tuition assistance programs
  • employee assistance program
  • GM vehicle discounts and more.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
state estimationlocalizationsensor calibrationC++Pythonreal-time applicationsfault tolerancemulti-sensor integrationscalabilitysafety-critical systems
Soft Skills
technical mentorshipthought leadershipcommunicationcollaborationinfluencing strategyengineering excellenceinnovationteam integrationproject leadershipproblem-solving
Certifications
Master's in RoboticsPh.D. in RoboticsMaster's in Computer SciencePh.D. in Computer ScienceMaster's in Electrical EngineeringPh.D. in Electrical Engineering