May Mobility

Director, Autonomy Behavior

May Mobility

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Missouri • United States

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Salary

💰 $220,000 - $300,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Be a technical thought leader to champion May Mobility’s mission, vision, values and company priorities to develop and execute autonomy strategy with fellow executives and engineering leaders.
  • Work cross-functionally with Vehicle Engineering; Software, Data and Infrastructure; and Operations leaders to solve and deploy solutions to autonomy challenges.
  • Deliver innovative and robust advances to May’s MPDM technology including faster execution, more accurate MPDM simulations, effective reward functions, improved and expressive policies, compatible and stable control algorithms and any other technological aspect required to advance MPDM, May’s core technology.
  • Ensure May’s core MPDM technologies operate efficiently and effectively in commercial deployments, including supporting effective triage and resolution of issues related to this technology.
  • Maintain an understanding of related research fields including planning, automated decision making, and various machine learning techniques such as reinforcement learning.
  • Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to track autonomy performance
  • Identify key gaps and challenges in May’s autonomy technology including MPDM and control algorithms.
  • Construct and execute a roadmap to solve key challenges and work with other autonomy leaders to synchronize this roadmap with the roadmaps of other functions.
  • Identify monthly, quarterly and yearly milestones to iteratively improve performance in both the short and long term.
  • Take responsibility for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects and provide the team with technical leadership.
  • Help set perception team hiring targets. Interview, hire, and manage a diverse team of talented perception engineers and scientists.
  • Oversee the escalation of critical issues and opportunities within the autonomy team’s leadership, driving clear recommendations to maximize the effectiveness of the team with respect to company priorities and strategy.

Requirements

  • PhD or masters degree in a relevant, highly technical field (e.g. robotics, computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, physics)
  • A demonstrated ability to solve complex autonomy problems as a principal investigator, staff or principal engineer, or director (or equivalent role)
  • 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 - setting goals, leading by example, handling challenging situations and failures
  • Previous experience as individual contributor successfully developing and deploying innovative solutions in the autonomous vehicle or related space
  • 5+ years of management experience (desirable)
  • Experience developing and/or using MPDM (desirable)
  • Deep understanding of the challenges facing autonomous vehicles as well as the state of the art in autonomy (desirable)
Benefits
  • 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 as well as a phased return to work.
  • Flexible vacation policy in addition to paid company holidays.
  • Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
MPDM technologymachine learningreinforcement learningcontrol algorithmssoftware engineeringroboticsautonomous systemsperformance indicatorstechnical project managementproblem solving
Soft Skills
leadershipcross-functional collaborationteam managementgoal settingcommunicationstrategic planningtechnical thought leadershipproblem resolutionmentoringinterviewing
Certifications
PhDmaster's degree