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Founding Machine Learning Engineer, Prediction & Planning

Greenlight Robotics

San Francisco, CAJobPosted 6 days agoStill listed 4 days ago

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San Francisco, CA
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Job overview

Greenlight Robotics is building public transit technology and hiring its first core engineering team to deliver an initial production system to transit customers. The Machine Learning Engineer will build prediction and planning models for vehicle intelligence, reporting to the Co-founder and CTO. The role owns model training, validation, dataset curation, and deployment, and works alongside the founders on major components of a field-deployed system.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Machine LearningC++ (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)Vehicle AutomationVehicle IntelligenceMachine Learning ModelingSoftware ArchitectureAI Coding ToolsAutomotive Machine LearningRoboticsReinforcement LearningDeep Learning

Qualifications

4+ Years Vehicle ML Experience6+ Years Automotive ML ExperienceMaster's or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or SimilarEarly-Stage Startup Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Full job description

Up to 10% travel required About Greenlight Robotics Greenlight Robotics is building public transit technology that makes communities more efficient, accessible, and vibrant, and we’re building a team of people who care deeply about how cities are run. We’re hiring our first core team of engineers to deliver the initial production version of our system to early transit customers. You will be hands-on building cutting-edge technology that will strengthen the public systems moving billions of people every day. About The Role We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to build the prediction and planning models of our product. Reporting directly to our Co-founder & CTO, you will own the training, validation, dataset curation, and deployment of the models powering our vehicle intelligence technologies. This role offers an extremely high learning velocity, and you will work directly alongside the founders to own major components of a complex, field-deployed system. What We Are Looking For

  • AI Vehicle Planning & Prediction: You have 4+ years of demonstrated experience creating ML models for vehicle automation or vehicle intelligence applications (trajectory prediction, path planning, etc.).

  • Complex Architecture Engineering: Demonstrated ability to create, maintain, and iterate on complex software architectures.

  • AI-Accelerated Coder: Ability to write and evaluate high-quality code in C++ and Python using AI tools.

What You Will Do

  • Own Prediction & Planning Models: Take end-to-end ownership (training, validation, dataset curation, etc.) of the prediction and planning models powering our vehicle intelligence technologies.

  • Deploy & Field Test: Deploy and field test new software on our prototype vehicle and customer vehicles.

  • Build the ML Pipeline: Set up a robust and scalable data ingest, training, and validation pipeline that enables us to continuously and rapidly improve all of our AI models.

  • Deliver Superhuman Performance: Build models whose performance goes beyond what a human can do, directly preventing incidents a human could not.

  • Shape the Technical Roadmap: Independently identify performance bottlenecks across our software components and help prioritize our next technical features and improvements.

Bonus Points

  • 6+ years of demonstrated experience shipping ML models for automotive applications.

  • Master’s or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or similar, with a focus on implementing AI/ML/RL/DL in the physical world.

  • Hands-on experience with other parts of a robotics stack.

  • Previous experience at an early-stage startup (Pre-seed through Series B).

What We Offer

  • Competitive salary and founding engineer equity package.

  • Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and commuter.

  • Friday work from home.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,907 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$174–260K/yr1,326 salary ranges
  • California median$35–78/hr29 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,793 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs in California and 5,907 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Machine Learning Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,743 postings).
Education
2,410 of the 5,907 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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