Principal Engineer, ML (VLA Automated Driving)

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em>We are </em><strong><em>CARIAD</em></strong><em>, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year. We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em>​</em><strong><u>Role Summary:</u></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong><em><u>​</u></em></strong>The Principal Engineer, ML (VLA Automated Driving) is the technical anchor for Vision-Language-Action (VLA /VLAM) models for our Level 2++ to Level 4 Automated Driving stack.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This role defines the technical direction for VLA-based driving across model architecture, training strategy, data flywheel, evaluation, and embedded deployment. The Principal Engineer bridges multimodal foundation-model advances with the realities of real-time, safety-critical automotive systems and helps turn promising research into robust in-vehicle capability.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This role also serves as the technical champion for applying GenAI and agentic AI to engineering workflows, identifying and scaling high-value use cases across model development, data flywheel, evaluation, and engineering productivity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This is a highly cross-functional leadership role spanning model, data, evaluation, and deployment.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong><u>Role Responsibilities:</u></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Technical Direction & Architecture</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Define the technical direction for VLA / VLAM-based automated driving</span></li> <