Autonomy Manager - Perception

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Ann Arbor, MI
Senior level
Automotive • Machine Learning • Robotics • Software • Transportation
May Mobility is developing and deploying autonomous vehicle technology that works in the real world.
The Role
The Autonomy Manager - Perception at May Mobility will lead technical development for autonomous vehicles, focusing on perception systems. Key responsibilities include managing team performance, collaborating across engineering divisions, and ensuring effective deployment of perception solutions. The role requires strong leadership and technical expertise in robotics and machine learning.
Summary Generated by Built In

May Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May develops and deploys autonomous vehicles (AVs) powered by our innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology that literally reimagines the way AVs think. 

Our vehicles do more than just drive themselves - they provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. We’re building the world’s best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant and livable spaces. Since our founding in 2017, we’ve given more than 300,000 autonomy-enabled rides to real people around the globe. And we’re just getting started. We’re hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real-world problems and seeing the impact of their work. Join us.

Job Summary 

May Mobility is entering an exciting phase of growth as we expand our first-of-its-kind autonomous shuttle and mobility services across the nation. Launched in 2017 with a strong team of experienced roboticists, perception, behavior, AI, and software engineers with decades of experience fielding robotic systems in the wild, May Mobility is looking to expand its team of machine learning engineers with a background in robotics or autonomous vehicles. 

Your Opportunity to Drive Success 

You will have an opportunity to independently impact our approach to solving the most interesting problems facing AV’s today, while operating live in the wild.

  • Be a technical thought leader to champion May Mobility’s mission, vision, values and company priorities to develop and execute autonomy strategy with fellow engineering leaders
  • Communicate clear and concise issues, analysis results, solutions, and timelines to other managers to enable rapid and effective responses to ongoing field issues.
  • Responsible for operational and technical team successes and outcomes, including - meeting benchmarks, prioritizing effective time and resource allocation across all team functions, and engaging in regular status and metrics reporting
  • Collaborate with other Autonomy teams, Safety teams, Advanced Engineering teams to deploy robust, generalizable perception solutions for autonomous vehicles
  • Manage Perception metrics and KPIs along side with OKR progress
  • Track and trend technical performance of perception system in the field 
  • Support site/field integration, performance evaluation, system verification, and product launch/deployment in US and global sites
  • Escalate critical issues and opportunities within the autonomy team to engineering leadership, making clear recommendations to maximize the effectiveness of the team with respect to company priorities

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, or a field that requires a strong mathematical and/or engineering foundation (e.g. physics, aerospace engineering)
  • A minimum of 5+ years of industry experience leading deploying or managing technical development for real-world robot systems related to perception, prediction, planning or equivalent technical fields
  • Minimum of 2+ years of technical development in below perception technical stack:
    • Deep learning based 2D /3D detection, classification, segmentation, recognition, sensor fusion, prediction, planning
    • Machine learning based tracking, clustering, localization
  • Strong experience in machine learning deployment, software development environment and data analysis
  • Deep understanding of perception evaluation methodology, perception metrics and safety KPIs
  • Strong experiences and motivation to work on fast pace startup environments with creative and critical thinking capabilities
  • Strong confidence and comfort to prioritize tasks, projects and requests with good project management understanding
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for cross-team collaborations
  • Ability to travel approximately 30% of the time

Desired Qualifications

  • Masters or PhD in Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, or a field that requires a strong mathematical and/or engineering foundation (e.g. physics, aerospace engineering)
  • Previous hands-on system architecture experience building or leading the development for multiple tech stacks
  • Demonstrated successful people management experience and mentoring experience to support team member growth
  • Familiar with python, machine learning software frameworks, and GPU programming in CUDA or related higher-level languages

Physical Requirements

  • Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
    • Prolonged sitting
    • Prolonged standing
    • Prolonged computer use

Travel required? -  Moderate: up to 30%

Benefits and Perks

  • Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans. Domestic partners who have been residing together at least one year are also eligible to participate! 
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts available.
  • Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.
  • Generous paid parental leave with immediate eligibility as well as a phased return to work. 
  • Flexible vacation policy in addition to 18 paid company holidays.
  • Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing   

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and/or people of color are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every qualification. At May Mobility, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workforce, so if you’re excited about this role but your previous experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway! You may be the perfect candidate for this or another role at May.

Want to learn more about our culture & benefits? Check out our website!

May Mobility is an equal opportunity employer.  All applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetics or any other legally protected basis.   Below, you have the opportunity to share your preferred gender pronouns, gender, ethnicity, and veteran status with May Mobility to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring and recruitment processes. Completion of these questions is entirely voluntary.  Any information you choose to provide will be kept confidential, and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. If you believe that you will need any type of accommodation, please let us know.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: May Mobility does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, May Mobility does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.

Top Skills

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Robotics
The Company
HQ: Ann Arbor, MI
300 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

May Mobility is a leader in the development and deployment of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. We aim to transform cities and make transit more safe, sustainable, accessible and equitable for everyone by building a better AV technology that works in the real world. We have delivered more than 335,000 autonomy-enabled rides to date across 11 cities in the U.S. and Japan.

Why Work With Us

May Mobility is a place where innovators, creators, and tech visionaries work together towards a common purpose: to create a safer, greener, and more accessible world. Join our team and make a real impact.

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