Chief Autonomy Engineer

Woven by Toyota; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401k program

Vacation policy

Family benefits

Job summary

Woven by Toyota is building the core algorithms and data infrastructure for autonomous driving at Palo Alto. This role guides technical direction, aligns ML stacks with the data flywheel, and accelerates zero-accident goals across teams.

You will mentor tech leads, influence diverse stakeholders including TMC, and ensure rigorous, safety-focused engineering practices for cutting-edge Automated Driving projects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data-driven software, robotics, autonomy or safety-critical systems.
• Deep understanding of ML and data operations; experience with big data architectures.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and engineers in complex discussions.
• Experience deploying software in Automated Driving products and leading end-to-end integrations.
• Experience driving code quality and safety processes for production code delivery.
• Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and bias toward action.
• Preferred: patents or technical contributions in ML/robotics/autonomy.
• Understanding of real-time OS, non-functional requirements, and trade-offs.
• Thrives in ambiguity and aligns diverse stakeholders toward delivery goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop a long-term technical strategy for data-driven infrastructure and automated driving stack with the leadership team.
• Lead cross-functional engineers to identify complex challenges and guide data-driven stack delivery.
• Resolve cross-functional autonomy stack issues, ML training pipelines, and evaluation workflows.
• Shape and drive adoption of common development standards, toolchains, and ML stacks.
• Champion best practices in data-driven development, code quality and design reviews.
• Instill a safety-first mindset across all technical activities and focus on safety, quality and reliability.
• Define technical KPIs and ensure engineering decisions progress toward system safety and scalability.
• Represent the Head of Automated Driving in technical forums and external engagements when required.
• Mentor engineers, lead by example in coding, reviews and design discussions.

Skills

Data-driven software

Robotics

Autonomy

ML & Data ops

Cross-functional leadership

End-to-end system integration

Production code safety

Real-time systems

Leadership presence

Patents (preferred)

Job description

Woven by Toyota is building the core algorithms and data infrastructure for autonomous driving at Palo Alto. This role guides technical direction, aligns ML stacks with the data flywheel, and accelerates zero-accident goals across teams.

You will mentor tech leads, influence diverse stakeholders including TMC, and ensure rigorous, safety-focused engineering practices for cutting-edge Automated Driving projects.