Staff Machine Learning Engineer

At Sonatus, we’re driving the transformation to AI-enabled software-defined vehicles. Traditional automotive software methods can’t keep pace with consumer expectations shaped by the mobile industry—where features evolve rapidly, update seamlessly, and improve continuously. That’s why leading OEMs trust Sonatus to accelerate this shift. Our technology is already in production across more than 9 million vehicles on the road today and rapidly expanding.

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, with 250+ employees worldwide, Sonatus combines the agility of a fast-growing company with the scale and impact of an established partner. Backed by strong funding and proven by global deployment, we’re solving some of the most interesting and complex challenges in the industry. Join us and help redefine what’s possible as we shape the future of mobility.

Role Summary:

Sonatus is a global leader in the automotive industry, providing key technologies that enable intelligent AI-defined vehicles. Our solutions are already on the road with millions of vehicles, and we are quickly expanding our offerings for production-grade AI on the Edge. We are looking for a great Staff Machine Learning Engineer to join our seasoned AI team and lead the development of Edge AI for in-vehicle self-aware health monitoring and prediction. In this role, you will build and deploy AI models that analyze continuous data generated in the vehicle during day-to-day operation, including system logs, traces, and vehicle internal signals (Ethernet and CAN) to detect and predict the health of different sub-systems and anticipate failures in real-time. You will own the end-to-end ML pipeline—from data ingestion and model training to deployment on resource-constrained edge devices and model optimization. You will work in a fast-paced startup environment where your code will directly impact fleet reliability and build the next generation of the self-aware vehicle. You will be expected to collaborate with other leading developers who have a deep understanding and expertise of vehicle software and systems, and other AI developers working on MLOps and integration of AI models on vehicles expected to be on the road today. Expect to experiment with cutting-edge model architectures and best-in-class development tools.

This is a hybrid role out of our Sunnyvale, CA, where you will be expected to work in our office 3 days a week.

Responsibilities:

• Build and train AI Edge models (e.g., Transformers, LLMs, CNN, LSTM, Trees) to process unstructured application logs, kernel traces, and multi-modalities.

• Integrate ML flows, including cloud-based LLM APIs (Gemini, OpenAI, Claude), with emphasis on synthetic data creation.

• Develop algorithms to automatically cluster log patterns and detect software regressions, race conditions, or crash precursors.