XPENG is a leading smart technology company at the forefront of innovation, integrating advanced AI and autonomous driving technologies into its vehicles, including electric vehicles (EVs), electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and robotics. With a strong focus on intelligent mobility, XPENG is dedicated to reshaping the future of transportation through cutting-edge R&D in AI, machine learning, and smart connectivity.
We are looking for a full-time
Machine Learning Engineer
/ Research Scientist to drive the modeling and algorithmic development of XPENG’s next-generation
Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Foundation Model — the core brain that powers our end-to-end autonomous driving systems.
Machine Learning Engineer
/ Research Scientist to drive the modeling and algorithmic development of XPENG’s next-generation
Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Foundation Model — the core brain that powers our end-to-end autonomous driving systems.
You will work closely with world-class researchers, perception and planning engineers, and infrastructure experts to design, train, and deploy large-scale multi-modal models that unify vision, language, and control. Your work will directly shape the intelligence that enables XPENG’s future L3/L4 autonomous driving products.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement
large-scale multi-modal architectures (e.g., vision–language–action transformers) for end-to-end autonomous driving. - Develop
pretraining and fine-tuning strategies leveraging massive labeled and unlabeled fleet data (images, video, LiDAR, CAN bus, maps, human driving behaviors, etc.). - Research and integrate
cross-modal alignment (e.g., visual grounding, temporal reasoning, policy distillation, imitation and reinforcement learning) to improve model interpretability and action quality. - Collaborate with infrastructure engineers to
scale training across thousands of GPUs using distributed training frameworks (FSDP, DDP, etc.). - Conduct
systematic ablation, evaluation, and visualization of model behavior across perception, reasoning, and planning tasks. - Contribute to
model deployment
optimization, including quantization, export, and latency–accuracy trade-offs for onboard execution.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree or higher in
Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field, with
3+ years of experience in deep learning research or productization. - Strong proficiency in
PyTorch and modern transformer-based model design. - Experience in
large-scale pretraining or
multi-modal modeling (vision, language, or planning). - Deep understanding of
representation learning, temporal modeling, and
self-supervised or
reinforcement learning techniques. - Familiarity with
distributed training (DDP, FSDP) and large-batch optimization.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in
CS/CE/EE or related field, with 1+ years of relevant industry experience. - Publication record in top-tier AI conferences (CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ECCV).
- Prior experience building
foundation or end-to-end driving models, or
LLM
/VLM architectures (e.g., ViT, Flamingo, BEVFormer, RT-2, or GRPO-style policies). - Familiarity with
RLHF/DPO/GRPO,
trajectory prediction, or
policy learning for control tasks. - Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with infra, perception, and planning teams to deliver production-ready models.
What do we provide:
- A collaborative, research-driven environment with access to
massive real-world data and
industry-scale compute. - An opportunity to work with
top-tier researchers and engineers advancing the frontier of foundation models for autonomous driving. - Direct impact on the next generation of intelligent mobility systems.
- Opportunity to make significant impact on the transportation revolution by the means of advancing autonomous driving.
- Competitive compensation package.
- Snacks, lunches, dinners, and fun activities.
The base salary range for this full-time position is $174,720 - $295,680, in addition to bonus, equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status or marital status or any other prescribed category set forth in federal or state regulations.
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