May Mobility · 1 month ago
Lead Autonomy Controls Engineer
Ann Arbor, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $230K/yr
7+ years expMay Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. The Lead Autonomy Controls Engineer will design, implement, and test robotics software to enable safe behavior and control for Autonomous Vehicles, while providing technical guidance and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesPublic TransportationSoftwareTravel
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and test-state-of-the-art robotics software in C/C++ to enable comfortable and safe behavior and control for Autonomous Vehicles
Lead and participate in team code quality activities including design and code reviews
Provide technical guidance to Technical Support Team on issue diagnosis and resolution
Coordinate with cross functional teams to develop software and system requirements for Autonomous Vehicle behavior and controls subsystems
Collaborate with data science team members to design and implement metrics capturing key performance indicators of Autonomous Vehicle subsystems
Develop unit and simulation tests to validate vehicle performance across target operational domains
Coordinate and execute on-vehicle tests to validate performance of Autonomous Vehicle software in real-world scenarios
Diagnose and root-cause issues reported by commercial operations through the May Field Response process
Develop tools and visualizations to enable support engineers to analyze performance of behavior and control subsystems from field data
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a field that requires a strong mathematical and/or engineering foundation (e.g. physics, aerospace engineering)
7+ years of industry experience working on real-world robot systems including implementing at least two commercial projects working at a systems-level, delivering critical functions that make a robot work successfully in the field
Experience developing and deploying capabilities for robot behavior planning, decision making under uncertainty, path planning, probabilistic reasoning, prediction, machine learning, trajectory generation, controls and/or localization
Familiarity with multiple non-linear control methodologies appropriate to mobile robots or autonomous vehicles, such as MPC, LQR, PID, optimal control, stochastic control, adaptive control, and robust control
Strong programming skills in C/C++
Expertise with software development in a Linux environment
Familiarity with standard development tools such as git, valgrind, and gdb
Preferred
Masters or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a field that requires a strong mathematical and/or engineering foundation (e.g. physics, aerospace engineering)
Strong background in one of the robotics areas discussed above as demonstrated by developing and delivering to fielded robots multiple capabilities that solve critical problems in controls and motion planning
Familiarity with optimization techniques that are appropriate to mobile robots or autonomous vehicles, such as QP, control theoretic splines, and dynamics-aware approaches
Demonstrated ability to mentor and support more junior engineers in learning and contributing to robotics development and testing
Strong programming skills in C, software development in a Linux environment
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
Company
May Mobility
May Mobility is a manufacturing firm that designs and develops autonomous technology vehicles for self-driving transportation solutions.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$309.58MKey Investors
GrabITOCHU CorporationNTT Group
2025-10-23Corporate Round
2025-05-29Corporate Round· $6.96M
2023-11-07Series D· $105M
Leadership Team
Edwin Olson
CEO
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