Autonomy Release Engineer II

Voiceflow; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare suite (medical, dental, etc

Health Savings Account

Retirement benefits

Parental leave

Flexible vacation

Wellness program

Job summary

May Mobility is seeking Autonomous Release Engineers to own releases across the autonomy software stack, integrate sensor and middleware components, and ensure safety gating for real-world deployment.

This hands-on, systems‑oriented role requires strong technical judgment and a builder’s mindset, with collaboration across autonomy, infrastructure, engineering and validation teams. You will build tooling and dashboards, and contribute to release documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2–4 years in software engineering, release engineering, systems engineering, or related discipline.
• Proficiency in Python; Bash scripting and Linux environments.
• Familiarity with Git and branching strategies; SQL or data querying.
• Strong troubleshooting instincts and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Release ownership and execution across major autonomy releases, incremental/performance releases, and hotfix/safety patches.
• Manage branching strategy, versioning, and release cut processes.
• Drive release readiness and go/no-go decisions in partnership with cross‑functional teams.
• Design, build, and maintain internal tooling to support dashboards, health checks, simulation corpora, and release metrics.
• Investigate and resolve complex issues arising from software/hardware interactions and distributed systems.
• Develop understanding of sensor stack, middleware, autonomy stack, compute platforms and networking.
• Enforce stage-gated release framework from Feature Complete to Release Candidate.
• Integrate and interpret validation signals including simulation results and vehicle testing.
• Ensure safety-critical issues are identified and gated appropriately.
• Identify opportunities to improve system robustness, performance, and scalability and build tooling.
• Support autonomy engineers in integrating components with May system.
• Contribute to knowledge base, runbooks and release documentation.

Skills

Python

Systems thinking

Data pipelines

Log interpretation

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Robotics or related field

Tools

Git

SQL

Job description

May Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May develops and deploys autonomous vehicles (AVs) powered by our innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology that literally reimagines the way AVs think.

Our vehicles do more than just drive themselves – they provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. We’re building the world’s best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant and livable spaces. Since our founding in 2017, we’ve given more than 500,000 autonomous rides to real people around the globe. And we’re just getting started. We’re hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real‑world problems and seeing the impact of their work. Join us.

May’s Autonomous Release Engineers are front line problem solvers that get things done. They have the initiative, experience, and technical skill to be able to solve problems delegated to them without oversight. Confidence backed by knowledge and experience is a must.

This role sits at the intersection of:

• Release execution & CI/CD
• Autonomy system integration & debugging
• Validation, simulation, and safety gating

You will ensure not only that software is releasable, but that it is safe, well-understood, and performs reliably in real‑world conditions. As an Autonomous Release Engineer, you will contribute to solving challenging and complex problems facing vehicle autonomy – building the tools, instrumentation, and processes that make releases faster, safer, and more confident.

Autonomous Release Engineers are responsible for the integrated functioning of the autonomy system. Release Engineers interact with sensor hardware, middleware, autonomy software stack, networking, health monitoring, compute platforms, and electronic systems. A key part of this role is building and improving the tooling and automation that supports release validation, readiness assessment, and system health monitoring. You will be a go-to person for understanding how new features fit in, how the system might fail, and how to keep the system working reliably.

This is a hands‑on, systems‑oriented role requiring strong technical judgment and a builder’s mindset. You are expected to actively challenge release readiness when necessary and act as a safeguard for system quality – not just execute process. You will play a key role in scaling release cadence without compromising safety, partnering closely with autonomy, infrastructure, engineering, validation, and operations teams. This position reports to the Sr. Manager, Autonomy Technical Release.

Essential Responsibilities

• Release ownership and execution across major autonomy releases, incremental/performance releases, and hotfix/safety patches
• Manage branching strategy, versioning, and release cut processes
• Drive release readiness and go/no-go decisions in partnership with cross‑functional teams
• Design, build, and maintain internal tooling to support:
• Release readiness dashboards and automated health checks
• Simulation corpus integration and regression tracking
• Release metrics collection, reporting, and visualization
• Automated validation signal aggregation across sim, HIL, and on‑road testing
• Investigate and resolve complex issues arising from software/hardware interactions, distributed systems behavior, and on‑vehicle vs. simulation discrepancies
• Develop working understanding of sensor stack, middleware, autonomy stack, compute platforms, networking, and vehicle configurations
• Enforce stage-gated release framework: Feature Complete → Code Freeze → Validation → Release Candidate
• Integrate and interpret validation signals including simulation corpus results, regression testing, and vehicle testing
• Ensure safety‑critical issues are identified, tracked, and gated appropriately
• Identify opportunities to improve system robustness, performance, and scalability — and build tooling to measure and track improvements
• Support autonomy engineers in designing and integrating their components with the full May system
• Contribute to and help maintain the team’s knowledge base, runbooks, and release documentation

Skills and Abilities

• Strong analytical and systems‑thinking skills — comfortable reasoning about complex, multi‑component systems
• Proficient in Python for scripting, automation, and tool development
• Familiarity with data pipelines, metrics collection, and visualization tools (e.g. Plotly Dash, Tableau, AWS QuickSight, or similar)
• Ability to read and interpret logs, telemetry, and system health signals to identify root cause
• Comfort working across hardware and software boundaries
• Strong written and verbal communication — able to translate technical findings into clear release decisions
• Ability to work cross‑functionally without direct authority
• Eagerness to continuously learn new systems, tools, and workflows

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience
• 2–4 years of relevant experience in software engineering, release engineering, systems engineering, or a related discipline
• Proficiency in Python; comfort with Bash scripting and Linux environments
• Basic to intermediate experience with SQL and/or data querying
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and branching strategies
• Strong troubleshooting instincts and attention to detail

Nice to Have

• Experience with autonomous vehicle or robotics systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and release automation
• Exposure to simulation frameworks or hardware-in-the-loop testing
• Basic C/C++ reading ability for debugging and code analysis
• Experience building internal tools or dashboards for engineering teams

Physical Requirements

• Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
• Prolonged sitting
• Prolonged standing
• Prolonged computer use

Travel required? - No: 0%

Benefits and Perks

• 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

May Mobility is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetics or any other legally protected basis. Below, you have the opportunity to share your preferred gender pronouns, gender, ethnicity, and veteran status with May Mobility to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring and recruitment processes. Completion of these questions is entirely voluntary. Any information you choose to provide will be kept confidential, and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. If you believe that you will need any type of accommodation, please let us know.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: May Mobility does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, May Mobility does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.

Salary Range: $128,000 — $165,000 USD