Zoox · 1 day ago
Director, Perception
Foster City, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$391K/yr - $470K/yr
10+ years expZoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. The Director of Perception will lead high-impact teams responsible for building a world-class 3D environment model from multi-modal sensor data, collaborating closely with various teams to deliver exceptional dynamic object perception systems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
Build and lead a group of managers and engineers, and be responsible for the team’s roadmap, productivity, execution and impact within the company
Set the vision for, grow, and lead a team of talented software engineers in the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects, while providing the team with technical leadership
Collaborate with engineers and leaders across a variety of teams to brainstorm and accelerate the development of perception capabilities
Provide clear summaries, progress, and recommendations to our executive leadership team
Establishing best practices and statistical rigor around data-driven decision-making
Stay on top of industry and academic trends in AI and perception, making sure Zoox remains at the cutting edge of both algorithms and their implementation at scale
Qualification
Required
Strong understanding of computer vision systems and AI software stacks
8+ years of extensive leadership experience, leading teams of 40+
10+ years of experience in computer vision, machine learning and related technologies
Strong leadership skills suitable for recruiting, leading, growing, and managing technical team members in solving a challenging problem, and building a critical component of a real-time system
Recent experience in implementing vision & perception algorithms
Expertise in implementing autonomy solutions and deploying real-world systems
Experience with recent AI approaches including E2E models for perception, transformers and sparse networks
Experience with sensor fusion and uncertainty modeling across multiple modalities
Strong presentation and communication skills
MSc or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science or related fields
Preferred
Familiarity with perception of autonomous vehicles or similar robots
Hands-on experience having deployed real products or platforms into the real world, and intimately understanding the challenges of working with complex systems
Involvement in validation or evaluation of risk and/or safety-critical systems
Knowledge of GPU and/or TPU programming (CUDA, TensorRT, etc.)
Benefits
Paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
Unpaid time off
Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Amazon RSUs
Health insurance
Long-term care insurance
Long-term and short-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Company
Zoox
Zoox is an AI robotics company that provides mobility-as-a-service and self-driving car services. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$955MKey Investors
Grok Ventures
2020-06-26Acquired
2019-10-21Convertible Note· $200M
2018-07-08Series B· $465M
Leadership Team
Nelson Pedreiro
Sr. Vice President, Hardware
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Zheng Gao
Director of Hardware Engineering
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