Head of Perception Systems | Lead Real-World Autonomy

Fruition Group US; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Fruition Group US is assisting a well-funded autonomous vehicle company in recruiting a Director of Perception. You will own the technical strategy for perception, including sensor fusion, 3D detection, and scene understanding, while building and leading a team that can operate at scale.

You'll stay hands-on with architecture and model decisions, partnering with planning, controls, simulation, and infrastructure teams to ensure perception outputs drive real-world decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in perception, CV, or sensor fusion for autonomous systems.
• Experience shipping perception systems onto real vehicles.
• Strong leadership with proven team-building ability.
• Fluency in 3D object detection, multi-sensor fusion, tracking, or scene understanding.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy and roadmap for perception, including sensor fusion, 3D detection, tracking, and scene understanding.
• Build and grow a team of perception engineers and researchers, setting standards and hiring bar.
• Stay hands-on with architecture and model decisions while leading delivery.
• Collaborate with planning, controls, simulation, and infrastructure teams to align perception outputs with downstream decisions.
• Drive rigorous evaluation of perception performance on real-world edge cases.
• Represent the perception function to executives and partners as the platform matures.

Skills

Perception systems

Computer vision

Sensor fusion

Team leadership

3D object detection

Multi-sensor fusion

Tracking

Occupancy/scene representation

Publications experience

Tools

Publications

Job description

Fruition Group US is assisting a well-funded autonomous vehicle company in recruiting a Director of Perception. You will own the technical strategy for perception, including sensor fusion, 3D detection, and scene understanding, while building and leading a team that can operate at scale.

You'll stay hands-on with architecture and model decisions, partnering with planning, controls, simulation, and infrastructure teams to ensure perception outputs drive real-world decisions.