Senior, Machine Learning Engineer - 3D Perception
Torc Robotics · Ann Arbor, MI
$177,300–$212,800
Jul 20, 2026
Ann Arbor, MI
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual contributor role on an autonomous trucking perception team, focused on Bird's Eye View (BEV) and 3D perception systems. The work centers on building and deploying production-grade machine learning models that process camera and multi-modal sensor data, owning the full lifecycle from data preparation and training through evaluation and integration into the broader autonomy stack. Mentoring junior engineers is also expected.
Senior level · 6+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 640–2,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,874 (middle half $87,544–$162,374).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The role sits at the intersection of ML research and production software engineering — it could reasonably be coded as Software Developers (15-1252), but the primary day-to-day work (model development, training, evaluation, deep learning architecture) aligns more closely with Data Scientists (15-2051). Medium confidence reflects this genuine ambiguity.
The experience requirement is tiered: 6+ years with a Bachelor's, 3+ years with a Master's, or 1+ year with a Ph.D. The 6-year figure is used as the overall years minimum (the Bachelor's path, which is the most common baseline). A degree is not hard-required because equivalent experience is implicitly accepted via the tiered structure, and no single degree level is an absolute gate.
Multiple hybrid office locations are listed (Ann Arbor MI, Blacksburg VA, Fort Worth TX); Ann Arbor is used as the primary CBSA. The role is also explicitly open to fully remote US candidates.
No compensation figures are disclosed; the posting references a 'competitive compensation package' with bonus and stock options but gives no dollar amounts.
All 'Bonus Points' skills are listed under a clearly secondary, optional heading and are marked as preferred accordingly.
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