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Principal Machine Learning EngineerGeneral Motors • Sunnyvale, CA, United States
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Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

General Motors • Sunnyvale, CA, United States
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The Role :

We are seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead the design and advancement of our AI platform. You will play a key role in shaping the infrastructure that powers large-scale training and cloud inference. This includes accelerating training throughput, scaling multi-modal models, and enabling the next generation of AI-driven driving systems. We're tackling challenges across distributed training, training efficiency, DDP / FSDP, data processing pipelines, and Pytorch model optimization. This is a highly impactful position where your technical leadership will define how we scale AI to achieve autonomy.

What You’ll Do :

  • Architect, build, and optimize core AI / ML platform infrastructure to support massive-scale model training.
  • Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and software developers to enable seamless workflows from research to production.
  • Drive efficiency in large-scale distributed training and data processing pipelines.
  • Establish best practices for reliability, scalability, and performance across the AI / ML platform.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship, guiding teams on platform design, architecture decisions, and emerging technologies.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align platform capabilities with business needs and strategic AI initiatives.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications) :

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • 4+ years of specialized experience in AI / ML domain (e.g., enabling distributed training for large-scale models).
  • Strong programming skills in Python, with proficiency in frameworks such as PyTorch (preferred) or TensorFlow.
  • Experience with distributed systems, GPU computing, and cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Comfortable operating in highly ambiguous and dynamic environments.
  • Willingness to travel to Sunnyvale, CA as needed.
  • What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications) :

  • Proven track record of self-motivation, execution, and delivering impact.
  • Deep expertise with PyTorch 2.x+ and distributed training frameworks.
  • Strong skills in profiling, analysis, debugging, and optimizing training performance (e.g., avoiding memory fragmentation, operation fusion).
  • Proficiency in C++ for performance-critical components.
  • Experience leading cross-functional projects and aligning diverse stakeholders on priorities.
  • Compensation : The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.

  • The salary range for this role is $197,600 to $374,200. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
  • Bonus Potential : An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
  • Benefits : GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include 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.
  • Work Location : This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren, Milford or Mountain View, you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.

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