May Mobility · 2 days ago
Director, Autonomy Perception
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$220K/yr - $300K/yr
10+ years expMay Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. The Director of Perception will lead the vision and strategy of the Autonomy Perception team, advancing May’s core autonomy software stack and ensuring high quality data from sensors. This role includes providing leadership to autonomy engineering managers and engineers while developing industry-leading technology advancements.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesPublic TransportationSoftwareTravel
Responsibilities
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, Product, and Operations leaders to solve and deploy solutions to autonomy perception challenges
Deliver innovative and robust advances to May’s perception technology including measurable improvements to object detection, classification, tracking, and prediction
Ensure May’s core perception 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 machine learning, end-to-end learned systems, tracking systems, multi-sensor fusion, and behavior prediction
Lead design and specification of next-generation sensor suites to maximize May’s perception system performance and optimize cost. Work with systems and hardware teams to support prototyping and evaluating future systems
Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to track autonomy performance
Identify key gaps and challenges in May’s autonomy perception technology
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
Qualification
Required
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)
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
Preferred
5+ years of management experience
Experience developing and/or using MPDM
Previous experience growing a team, crafting hiring plans, designing and conducting interviews, reviewing candidates, and making hiring decisions
Deep understanding of the challenges facing autonomous vehicles as well as the state of the art in autonomy
Previous startup experience
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
Daisy Wall
Senior Director, Government Business (Sales and Policy)
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