Principal Engineer Tech Lead Manager, ML Acceleration

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. They are seeking an experienced Principal Level Tech Lead Manager to build and lead their new Machine Learning Acceleration team, focusing on driving strategy and execution for accelerating ML model training.

Responsibilities:

• Build, lead, and manage a high-performing team of ML and infra engineers focused on acceleration
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and career development opportunities to team members
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment
• Define team goals, priorities, and roadmap in alignment with company objectives
• Define the technical vision and strategy for ML acceleration across the organization
• Identify and evaluate cutting-edge technologies and methodologies for speeding up ML training, including but not limited to data pipeline optimization, large scale distributed training, data loader optimization, hardware acceleration, and model optimization techniques
• Design, develop, and implement scalable and efficient ML acceleration solutions
• Collaborate closely with ML research, ML Training platform, and product teams to understand their needs and integrate acceleration solutions seamlessly
• Communicate complex technical concepts and strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Act as a technical expert and advocate for ML acceleration initiatives across the company
• Regularly measure and report on the impact of acceleration efforts
• Continuously seek opportunities for further optimization and innovation