Applied ML Validation Manager
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
June 07, 2026
**Job Description**
**Role**
As an **Applied ML Validation Manager** on the Software Validation team within the AV organization, you will lead a team focused on building and operating **behavior critics** and **human benchmarking** capabilities for ML-driven autonomy systems. Your team will turn subjective human expectations about safe, comfortable, and intuitive driving into rigorous, scalable evaluation frameworks that directly inform model development and release decisions.
You will partner closely with autonomy, simulation, safety, and product teams to define how behavior is judged against human drivers and integrate behavior critic signals into validation pipelines, continuous release, and long-term performance monitoring.
**About the Organization**
The **Autonomous Vehicle (AV) organization** is dedicated to advancing the development of autonomous vehicles through cutting-edge simulation technologies and novel iterative develop...
**Role**
As an **Applied ML Validation Manager** on the Software Validation team within the AV organization, you will lead a team focused on building and operating **behavior critics** and **human benchmarking** capabilities for ML-driven autonomy systems. Your team will turn subjective human expectations about safe, comfortable, and intuitive driving into rigorous, scalable evaluation frameworks that directly inform model development and release decisions.
You will partner closely with autonomy, simulation, safety, and product teams to define how behavior is judged against human drivers and integrate behavior critic signals into validation pipelines, continuous release, and long-term performance monitoring.
**About the Organization**
The **Autonomous Vehicle (AV) organization** is dedicated to advancing the development of autonomous vehicles through cutting-edge simulation technologies and novel iterative develop...