Director, Autonomy Perception

What you'll do

• Set the perception strategy and roadmap, define performance KPIs and milestones, and coordinate plans with other autonomy functions.
• Lead technical advances in detection, classification, tracking, prediction, and sensor fusion; support commercial deployment and issue resolution.
• Manage and grow the engineering team, including hiring, project execution, and cross-functional collaboration.

What they ask for

• 10+ years of engineering experience.
• PhD or masters degree in a relevant, highly technical field (e.g. robotics, computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, physics).
• 7+ years of software-focused engineering experience solving challenging robotics problems in mission critical software and/or robotic systems.
• Experience leading a team of 10+ engineers, plus prior individual-contributor success developing and deploying innovative solutions in the autonomous vehicle or related space.

Nice to have

• 5+ years of management experience; experience developing and/or using MPDM.
• Previous experience growing a team and making hiring decisions; deep understanding of autonomous vehicles and the state of the art in autonomy; previous startup experience.

Pay

$220,000 — $300,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

MPDM, machine learning, end-to-end learned systems, tracking systems, multi-sensor fusion, behavior prediction

AI focus

Leads development of autonomous-vehicle perception technology, including machine learning, detection, segmentation, tracking, sensor fusion, and behavior prediction.