Principal Engineer Tech Lead Manager, ML Acceleration

Motional is a driverless technology company focused on creating safe and accessible autonomous vehicles. They are seeking a Principal Engineer Tech Lead Manager to build and lead their new Machine Learning Acceleration team, driving strategy and execution to accelerate ML model training and deployment. This role involves hands-on leadership, technical expertise in ML systems, and managing a high-performing engineering team.

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