Director, Autonomous Perception & Sensing

May Mobility; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Flexible vacation

Wellness program

HSA/FSAs

Job summary

May Mobility in Ann Arbor, MI seeks a Director of Perception to lead the vision, strategy, and technical roadmap for the Autonomy Perception team. This role advances MPDM-based perception through high‑quality sensor data and processing algorithms, bridging autonomous driving with city-scale mobility.

You will guide engineering managers and engineers, collaborating across Vehicle Engineering, Product, and Operations while shaping the future of perception technology and its deployment in

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience.
• PhD or masters in a technical field.
• Proven ability to solve complex autonomy problems.
• 7+ years software engineering in robotics.
• Experience leading a 10+ person team.
• Previous AV or autonomous space experience.
• 5+ years of management experience.
• Experience developing MPDM.
• Startup experience.
• Deep understanding of autonomy challenges.

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 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 synchronize with other roadmaps.
• Identify milestones to iteratively improve performance.
• Take responsibility for planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects and provide leadership.
• Help set perception team hiring targets, interview, hire, and manage a diverse team of perception engineers and scientists.
• Oversee escalation of critical issues and opportunities within the autonomy team’s leadership.

Skills

Multi-sensor fusion

Object detection

Scene segmentation

Tracking

Behavior prediction

Leadership

Hiring management

Communication

Problem solving

Autonomy

Education

PhD or Masters

Job description

May Mobility in Ann Arbor, MI seeks a Director of Perception to lead the vision, strategy, and technical roadmap for the Autonomy Perception team. This role advances MPDM-based perception through high‑quality sensor data and processing algorithms, bridging autonomous driving with city-scale mobility.

You will guide engineering managers and engineers, collaborating across Vehicle Engineering, Product, and Operations while shaping the future of perception technology and its deployment in