Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles

About the role

The Physical AI Field Engineering team at CoreWeave deploys AI solutions within enterprise engineering organizations, helping customers realize measurable value from machine learning applications. We are seeking a Staff Specialist Field Engineer to establish and lead the autonomous vehicle vertical.

Responsibilities

• Define how the team engages with autonomous vehicle customers
• Set the technical standard for the practice
• Lead complex customer engagements from first contact through to embedded deployment and expansion
• Work across CoreWeave’s AI platform (Monolith, Marimo, and W&B Models) to design and deploy solutions and build customer-facing applications tailored to specific autonomous vehicle use cases
• Build and iterate on customer-facing applications using the CoreWeave product stack tailored to specific engineering use cases
• Gather and synthesise signals from real customer deployments, identifying where customer needs are consistent enough across accounts to inform development of standalone capabilities
• Contribute to the wider Field Engineering team’s Physical AI knowledge framework and provide critical signals of what customers need in the field and what ultimately gets built in the product

Requirements

• 8+ years experience in autonomous vehicle systems development, perception engineering, motion planning, or AI/ML for L4-5 autonomous systems
• Deep familiarity with autonomous vehicle sensor modalities (camera, LiDAR, radar) and their data characteristics including the long-tail distribution and edge case challenges central to L4-5 development
• Hands-on ML capability: able to build, validate, and deploy ML solutions independently in Python using modern ML frameworks
• Proficient in working directly in JupyterHub, VS Code, Marimo, and W&B Models to build and deploy customer-facing applications
• Working knowledge of ML approaches relevant to autonomous systems: perception, object detection, motion prediction, closed-loop simulation, or anomaly detection in autonomous system logs
• Able to validate ML solutions on engineering grounds and identify when a result is inconsistent with the physical or safety constraints of the domain
• Proven experience leading complex technical customer engagements, managing multi-stakeholder environments, and maintaining executive relationships
• Strong understanding of the autonomous vehicle development pipeline, including closed-loop simulation, scenario-based testing, and data-driven approaches to safety case validation
• Able to translate field observations into structured product signals that are actionable for an engineering team

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of the autonomous vehicle development pipeline, including closed-loop simulation, scenario-based testing, and data-driven approaches to safety case validation
• Able to translate field observations into structured product signals that are actionable for an engineering team

Skills

• Ability to validate ML solutions on engineering grounds and identify when a result is inconsistent with the physical or safety constraints of the domain
• Strong understanding of the autonomous vehicle development pipeline, including closed-loop simulation, scenario-based testing, and data-driven approaches to safety case validation
• Able to translate field observations into structured product signals that are actionable for an engineering team

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
• Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
• 401(k) with a generous employer match
• Flexible PTO
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
• A casual work environment
• A work culture focused on innovative disruption

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $161,000 to $215,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation.

Schedule

CoreWeave offers a flexible schedule to support a healthy work-life balance.