# Senior Machine Learning Engineer - AI Foundation

Hiring organization: [XPeng](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/xpeng)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/c8375cfd-9d14-4120-bd18-6bf9c8cdac1e

Listed on XPeng's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Salary: 174720 – 295680 USD per year

## Summary

XPENG is seeking a machine learning engineer to optimize and deploy large language models for autonomous driving applications, focusing on inference efficiency across diverse hardware platforms. This role suits engineers with deep transformer knowledge and hands-on experience in kernel optimization, quantization, and model acceleration techniques.

_Our summary, not XPeng's wording._

## Skills named

C++, CUDA, Model Compression & Quantization, Python, PyTorch

## Required

- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
- 3+ years of industry experience
- Knowledge of PyTorch
- Understanding of transformer architecture and acceleration techniques

## Nice to have

- Experience in autonomous driving industry
- Knowledge of TorchScript and TensorRT
- Strong Python and C++ programming skills
- Familiarity with GPU, CPU, NPU, and DSP architectures
- Deep understanding of memory bandwidth and compute bottlenecks
- Experience optimizing models for hardware constraints
- Ability to solve complex problems collaboratively in large teams

Apply on XPeng's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xpengmotors/jobs/8446966002