Hybrid Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Learned Planning, Reinforcement Learning

at Torc Robotics

• Job title: Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Learned Planning, Reinforcement Learning
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: CA$226,400 - CA$271,700 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python, PyTorch
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Ann Arbor, Canada

About the role

• Senior Machine Learning Engineer developing and deploying machine learning models for autonomous trucks. Collaborating with various teams to enhance safe and efficient decision-making in freight environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy learned behavior models using approaches such as reinforcement learning, behavior cloning, and imitation learning
• Own end-to-end model development for scoped problem areas, from data ingestion and training to evaluation and deployment
• Write production-quality ML code to support scalable training, evaluation, and inference workflows
• Analyze model performance, identify failure modes, and iterate to improve robustness and generalization across driving scenarios
• Contribute to training pipelines, data workflows, and infrastructure, including working with large-scale datasets from simulation, fleet logs, and on-vehicle data
• Collaborate with simulation, validation, and autonomy teams to test and evaluate learned behavior models across diverse environments
• Support integration of learned planning models into simulation and validation frameworks, enabling faster iteration and improved coverage
• Contribute to model architecture discussions and technical decision-making within the team
• Mentor junior engineers on implementation, experimentation, and best practices

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or related technical field with 6+ years of industry experience, OR Master’s degree with 3+ years OR PhD with 1+ years of experience
• Experience applying reinforcement learning, imitation learning, or sequence modeling to robotics, autonomous systems, or complex control problems
• Strong programming skills in Python and PyTorch, with experience writing production-quality ML code
• Experience training, evaluating, and improving models using large-scale datasets and distributed compute environments
• Solid understanding of ML architectures used in autonomy systems (e.g., transformers, RNNs, graph neural networks, policy networks)
• Experience debugging model behavior, analyzing performance metrics, and improving model reliability
• Ability to translate ambiguous problems into structured ML solutions and deliver results independently
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally to integrate ML models into larger autonomy systems

Benefits

• A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
• 401K plan with a 6% employer match
• Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)
• Company-wide holiday office closures
• AD+D and Life Insurance