About the role

What will you do at Harbinger Motors Inc.?

About Harbinger

Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission

to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger’s best-in-class team

of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to

bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for

medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form, Revolutionary Foundation.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Deep Learning Engineer to drive the

development and deployment of advanced perception models for Advanced Driver

Assistance Systems (ADAS). The successful candidate will play a key role in

designing cutting-edge neural network architectures, optimizing model

performance, and ensuring reliable deployment on embedded platforms. This

position requires a balance of deep technical expertise, strong analytical

thinking, and cross-functional collaboration. This role would sit in Mountain

View, CA with PhantomAI, Harbinger's ADAS division.

Responsibilities

* Design and implement advanced deep learning architectures to enhance
perception capabilities within ADAS systems.
* Maintain and continuously improve existing models by optimizing performance,
addressing issues, and refining architecture and algorithms.
* Perform detailed root cause analysis of production issues and develop
sustainable, high-quality solutions.
* Optimize model performance with a focus on latency, efficiency, and resource
utilization for real-time embedded deployment.
* Integrate and validate deep learning algorithms on automotive-grade hardware
and embedded SoCs.
* Collaborate closely with data engineering, data annotation, and platform
engineering teams to ensure smooth data flow and seamless model integration.
* Provide regular updates and technical reports on model development,
maintenance progress, and performance metrics to management.
Required Qualifications
* 5+ years of professional experience developing, training, validating, and
deploying deep learning-based perception models for ADAS or related computer
vision applications.
* In-depth understanding of training and inference pipelines, including data
loading, augmentation, and loss function design.
* Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Computer Vision, Robotics, Machine
Learning, or a closely related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
* Strong proficiency in Python and a deep understanding of software design
principles and development best practices.
* Expertise in PyTorch (preferred) or TensorFlow for large-scale model
development and experimentation.
* Practical experience with data pipelines, distributed training, and machine
learning experiment management tools.
* Proven ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional team
environment.

Preferred Qualifications

* Comprehensive understanding of machine learning algorithms, including
classification, regression, and clustering methods.
* Experience deploying and optimizing models for embedded or automotive SoCs
(e.g., NVIDIA Drive, TI TDA4, Qualcomm Snapdragon).
* Proficiency in model optimization techniques such as quantization, pruning,
and knowledge distillation.
* Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or related
field is a plus.
* Strong programming experience in Python and/or C++ within Linux development
environments.
* Familiarity with automotive perception workflows, datasets, and evaluation
frameworks (e.g., KITTI, Waymo, Euro NCAP)
Key Benefits & Perks:
* Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision (HDV) – 100% employee covered
* Early-stage Stock Options
* Robust Retirement Savings (401k, HSA, FSA)
* Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Parental Leave
* Annual Vacation Bonus
* Wellness & Fertility Benefits
* Cell Phone Stipend
* Complimentary Meals & Stocked Kitchens
California Pay Range
$180,000—$240,000 USD
Equal Opportunity
Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable
federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender,
gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics,
physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age,
military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic
protected by law.
Harbinger is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for
persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those
covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to
assist you in the search and application process, please email us at
[email protected].
Candidate Data Privacy
Harbinger may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal
data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply
for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate
Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications,
educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device,
recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information.
Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking
interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and
improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and
your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks;
(iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment
contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate
governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information
security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by
applicable law.
Harbinger may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who
have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including
individuals on our HR, legal, and finance teams, and the team(s) with the
position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Harbinger affiliates; and (iii)
Harbinger’s service providers, including providers of background checks,
staffing services, and cloud services.
Harbinger may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data,
including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the
European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and
accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of
such jurisdictions.
Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party
application services. Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted in
response to our job posting shall be considered the property of Harbinger and
are not subject to payment of referral or placement fees if any such candidate
is later hired by Harbinger unless you have a signed written agreement in place
with us which covers the applicable job posting.

Which skills does this role require?

Computer visionDeep learningADASNeural network architecturesPyTorchEmbedded systemsC++Perception modelsComputer VisionDeep LearningNeural NetworksEmbedded PlatformsPerception ModelsRoboticsElectric VehiclesA/B Testing

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