Autonomy Systems Lead: State Estimation & ML

Latitude AI; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 253,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Employer-matched 401(k) retirementplan

Equity compensation

Job summary

Latitude AI is seeking a senior leader to guide the State Estimation team, delivering multi-object tracking and road-property estimation for autonomous driving systems. You will work with ML and robotics experts to push state-of-the-art solutions from concept to production.

You will collaborate closely with perception, motion planning, and localization teams to ensure robust deployments, while mentoring engineers and prioritizing verification and validation across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience, or Master's with 8+ years, or PhD with 5+ years.
• Experience developing and shipping learned multi-object tracking systems.
• Experience with classical state estimation methods (Kalman filters, particle filters, etc).
• Significant experience with Python and/or C++.
• Strong background in computer vision, perception, and machine learning.
• Proven track record of shipping ML-based CV solutions using PyTorch or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver key autonomy features, including multi-object tracking and road property estimation.
• Analyze literature and current systems; design state-of-the-art ML solutions for autonomy goals.
• Collaborate with robotics and ML teams to deploy State Estimation into production.
• Participate as a senior leader in next-gen autonomy development toward Ford Large Driving Model.

Skills

Multi-object tracking

Kalman filters

Python

C++

Computer vision

Machine learning

PyTorch

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/CS/EE/Robotics

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

Job description

Latitude AI is seeking a senior leader to guide the State Estimation team, delivering multi-object tracking and road-property estimation for autonomous driving systems. You will work with ML and robotics experts to push state-of-the-art solutions from concept to production.

You will collaborate closely with perception, motion planning, and localization teams to ensure robust deployments, while mentoring engineers and prioritizing verification and validation across platforms.