Last updated: 2025-06-26

210 Autonomous Vehicle Engineering jobs in San Francisco.

Hiring now: Perception Machine Learning Engineer @ Agtonomy, Technical Marketing Manager @ Applied In, Sr Guidance Navigation And Control Engin @ Astranis, Staffsr Software Engineer @ Cyngn, Srstaff Algorithms Engineer @ Dexterity, Directorhead Of Product For Invehicle In @ Drivemode, Vehicle Control Systems Engineer @ Helmai, Ai Engineer @ Kodiak Rob, Sr Planning Engineer @ Aerovect, Robotics Engineer @ Unknown. Explore more at at jobswithgpt.com

🔥 Skills

machine learning (14) autonomous driving (9) perception (8) simulation (7) AI (7) computer vision (6) optimization (6) Machine Learning (6) motion planning (6) automation (5)

📍 Locations

San Francisco (15) Foster City (10) Mountain View (9) South San Francisco (4) Palo Alto (4) Menlo Park (2) Redwood City (2) Oakland (2) Sunnyvale (2) Fremont (1)

Agtonomy

Agtonomy is pioneering advanced automation and AI solutions to transform agriculture and beyond. Initially focused on specialty crops, our TeleFarmer™ platform…

Perception / Machine Learning Engineer

South San Francisco

  • Skills: perception, machine learning, automation, AI solutions, autonomous machines, state-of-the-art techniques, outdoor vehicle automation, embedded systems, localization, planning engineers

Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition is a vehicle software supplier that accelerates the adoption of safe and intelligent machines worldwide. Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition d…

Technical Marketing Manager

Mountain View

  • Skills: vehicle software, ADAS, go-to-market strategies, customer engagements, technical presentations, market research, automotive OEMs, collaborative work, analytical skills, automotive market dynamics
  • Experience: Strong background in automotive software solutions, experience in technical marketing, product management, or embedded high-performance computing/software.
  • Type: Full-time

Astranis

Astranis is a satellite company that has launched five satellites into orbit, signed commercial deals worth over $1 billion, and raised substantial funding fro…

Senior Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer

San Francisco

  • Skills: Guidance systems, Navigation systems, Control systems, Estimation algorithms, Kalman Filtering, Sensor fusion, Software simulation, Trajectory guidance, Hardware development, Embedded systems
  • Experience: 5+ years industry experience in Guidance, Navigation, and Control systems
  • Type: Full-time

Cyngn

Cyngn is a publicly traded autonomous vehicle company based in Menlo Park, CA, focusing on self-driving technology deployed across various commercial domains.

Staff/Senior Software Engineer

Menlo Park

  • Skills: Calibration, Localization, Mapping, Software Engineer, HD Maps, Autonomous Vehicles, Cross-functional collaboration, Production-quality software, Vehicle infrastructure, Integration testing
  • Experience: Several years of experience in software engineering and related fields
  • Type: Full-time

Dexterity

At Dexterity, we believe robots can positively transform the world. Our breakthrough technology frees people to do the creative, inspiring, problem-solving job…

Senior/Staff Algorithms Engineer

Redwood City

  • Skills: robot task planning, machine learning, optimization, sequential decision problems, reinforcement learning, sensor fusion, state estimation, warehouse automation, algorithm development, software design

Drivemode

Join Drivemode for an exciting startup environment and a vibrant culture that combines impactful work, competitive compensation, and excellent benefits.

Director/Head of Product for In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI)

Mountain View

  • Skills: In-Vehicle Infotainment, IVI, electric vehicles, EV, product vision, roadmap, user experience, Honda, Acura, software-defined vehicle
  • Type: Full-time

Helm.ai

Helm.ai builds AI software for autonomous driving and robotics. Our Deep Teaching™ methodology is uniquely data and capital efficient, allowing us to surpass t…

Vehicle Control Systems Engineer

Redwood City

  • Skills: autonomous driving, vehicle control systems, trajectory tracking, real-time performance, control theory, optimization, vehicle dynamics, system identification, data analysis, machine learning
  • Experience: 4+ years of hands-on experience developing vehicle control systems in the autonomous vehicle or ADAS industry
  • Type: Full-time

Kodiak Robotics, Inc.

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become the trusted world leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient f…

AI Engineer

Oakland

  • Skills: autonomous vehicles, AI, computer vision, machine learning, sensor integration, real-world applications, driverless trucking, high-performance models, software development, autonomous capabilities
  • Experience: All levels
  • Type: Full-time

AeroVect

Early-stage startup focusing on autonomous driving technology.

Senior Planning Engineer

San Francisco

  • Skills: autonomous driving, planner system design, C/C++, robotics systems, hands-on development, systems engineering, functional safety, vehicle corridors, planning module, integrated system
  • Experience: 5+ years in robotics or autonomous systems engineering
  • Type: Full-time

Unknown

Fast-paced, early-stage startup focusing on autonomous technologies in airside logistics.

Robotics Engineer

San Francisco

  • Skills: Robotics Engineer, autonomous technologies, airside logistics, system requirements, autonomous driving capabilities, C/C++, desktop and embedded platforms, ADS software stack, structured autonomy software, automated cargo movement
  • Experience: Generalist engineer with experience in robotics systems and features
  • Type: Full-time

AeroVect

A fast-paced, early-stage startup focused on developing category-defining vehicle autonomy for the airport operational design domain, utilizing autonomous vehi…

Staff Engineer

San Francisco

  • Skills: autonomous driving, system design, planning, prediction, perception, localization, controls, systems engineering, hands-on development, RaaS
  • Experience: Experience in building production-grade systems and leading engineering teams in autonomous driving systems.
  • Type: Full-time

Reliable Robotics

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer…

Flight Navigation Engineer

Mountain View

  • Skills: Flight Navigation, Guidance, Navigation, Control, System Design, Implementation, Testing, Uncrewed Aircraft, National Airspace System, Safety-enhancing Technology

Terraline

Terraline is creating the only clean-sheet, battery-electric heavy truck that is designed for any human or autonomous driver, and is capable of exceeding 500 m…

Battery-Electric Heavy Truck Engineer

Fremont

  • Skills: battery-electric, heavy truck, autonomous vehicle, cross-functional team, systems engineering, software engineering, hardware engineering, vehicle engineering, clean-sheet design, Tesla and Waymo experience
  • Type: Full-time

Terry Soot Management Group (TSMG)

Terry Soot Management Group (TSMG) is a field data collection company founded in 2017 in Europe. We collect data where automation is not possible. We count fea…

Autonomous Vehicle Test Operator

San Francisco

  • Skills: autonomous vehicle, test operator, data collection, self-driving vehicle, evaluate, feedback, ride hail service, field data collection, automation, European and North American teams

Waabi

An AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology, backed by best-in-class investors across the technology, logistics, and the Canadian inn…

Research Engineer - Learnable Planner

San Francisco

  • Skills: self-driving technology, AI, Motion Planning, data generation, high-quality datasets, metrics, evaluation pipelines, engineering excellence, collaborative team, autonomous driving
  • Experience: Demonstrated software engineering experience through previous internships, work experience, coding competitions, and/or research projects.
  • Type: Full-time

Wisk

At Wisk, we're transforming the future of urban mobility through safe, all-electric, autonomous flight. We are a passionate team working together toward a sust…

Senior Staff Controls Engineer

Mountain View

  • Skills: controls algorithms, state estimation methods, self-flying autonomous software, software modeling, prototype airplanes, full scale airplanes, aviation certification, rigorous testing, controls analysis techniques, autonomous flight vehicle
  • Type: Hybrid

Woven by Toyota

Woven by Toyota is the mobility technology subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, focusing on delivering safe, intelligent, human-centered mobility solutions …

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Palo Alto

  • Skills: Machine Learning, autonomous driving, optimization problems, 3D geometric computer vision, neural network architectures, hardware accelerators, data labeling, perception, prediction, motion planning
  • Type: Full-time

Zoox

Zoox is a robotics company that focuses on developing autonomous vehicles and technologies for safer transit.

Manager of Robot Platform Safety, Trajectory Generation

Foster City

  • Skills: robot platform, safety requirements, trajectory generation, sensing, perception, pose, vehicle localization, compute platform, ML-based algorithms, autonomous vehicle
  • Experience: 5+ years in engineering and safety analysis
  • Type: Full-time

Confidential

A leading technology company focused on advanced machine learning applications for vehicle behavior and autonomy.

Principal ML Engineer

Foster City

  • Skills: machine learning, behavior forecasting, motion planning, Perception, Simulation, Safety Validation, autonomy, technical direction, prototyping, collaboration
  • Experience: 5+ years in machine learning and related fields
  • Type: Full-time

Zoox

Zoox is focused on leveraging data from autonomous vehicles and operations to determine autonomy and service readiness, providing the foundation for strategic …

Data Analyst

Foster City

  • Skills: autonomous vehicles, data analysis, strategic decision-making, AI, simulation, mission assurance, data-driven environment, high leverage projects, data sets, growth
  • Experience: 2+ years in data analysis or related field
  • Type: Full-time

Unnamed Company

The Prediction & Behavior ML team is responsible for developing machine learning (ML) algorithms that learn and predict behaviors from data, applying them both…

Learned Trajectory Machine Learning Engineer

Foster City

  • Skills: machine learning, algorithms, predictive behavior, deep learned models, trajectories, collaboration, motion planning, vehicle behavior, simulation, validation

Prediction & Behavior ML

Responsible for developing machine learning (ML) algorithms that learn and predict behaviors from data.

Prediction Machine Learning Engineer

Foster City

  • Skills: machine learning, behavior prediction, agents, driving behavior, ML algorithms, model development, collaboration, vehicle behavior, simulation, validation
  • Experience: Experience in machine learning and predictive modeling.
  • Type: Full-time

Lyft

Lyft is committed to serving and connecting communities with autonomous vehicle technology and prioritizes an inclusive and diverse organization.

Engineering Manager for Autonomous Vehicles

San Francisco

  • Skills: Autonomous Vehicles, Engineering, Team Leadership, Technical Vision, Product Strategy, Collaboration, Career Development, Cross-Functional, Continuous Improvement, Project Execution
  • Experience: Experience leading a team of engineers and guiding them through their career development
  • Type: Hybrid

Aurora

Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and …

Software Engineer

San Francisco

  • Skills: autonomous driving, remote assist specialists, C++ coding, Robotics, user facing tools, machine learning, human robot interaction, Graphical User Interfaces, decision making, fleet management
  • Experience: 6+ years of industry software engineering experience
  • Type: Full-time

Skydio

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial transportation. The Sk…

Deep Learning Engineer

San Mateo

  • Skills: deep learning, computer vision, autonomous systems, optimization, object detection, stereo depth estimation, localization, mapping, Python, deep learning models
  • Experience: Demonstrated hands-on experience designing, training and deploying deep learning models
  • Type: Full-time

XPENG

XPENG is a leading smart technology company at the forefront of innovation, integrating advanced AI and autonomous driving technologies into its vehicles, incl…

Deep Learning Engineer

Santa Clara

  • Skills: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Model Architecture, Neural Networks, Data Processing, Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision, Sensor Fusion, Autonomous Driving, Python Programming
  • Experience: 1-3 years + of experience working with DL frameworks such as PyTorch, Tensorflow.
  • Type: Full-time

Agtonomy

Agtonomy is pioneering advanced automation and AI solutions to transform agriculture and beyond. Initially focused on specialty crops, our TeleFarmer™ platform…

Head of Autonomy

South San Francisco

  • Skills: automation, AI solutions, autonomous machines, technical strategy, perception, calibration, localization, planning, navigation, controls

zoox

Engineering Manager for the Behavior Foundation Model team

Foster City

  • Skills: machine learning, behavior forecasting, motion planning, driving behaviors, generative AI, scene encoding, automated driving quality assessment, synthetic scenario creation, simulation, validation

Aurora

Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and …

Motion Planning Software Engineer

Mountain View

  • Skills: self-driving, algorithm, motion planning, software design, C++, real-time, state estimation, cost function design, optimization, GPU
  • Experience: 3+ years of applied industry experience

Wayve

Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate …

Principal ML Engineer

Sunnyvale

  • Skills: Machine Learning, Scenario Generation, Data Mining, Simulation, Validation Systems, Cross-functional Teams, Technical Solutions, Infrastructure Enhancements, Mentorship, Autonomous Driving
  • Experience: 10+ years of industry experience
  • Type: Full-time

Cyngn

Based in Menlo Park, CA, Cyngn is a publicly traded autonomous vehicle company. We have a culture of collaboration, diversity, and continuous learning.

Senior Software Engineer

Menlo Park

  • Skills: Senior Software Engineer, autonomous systems, AI-driven, path planning, control, innovation, production-grade software, navigation, complex environments, team collaboration

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