Lead ML Engineer - Mapping

May Mobility; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare suite

Rich retirement benefits

Flexible vacation policy

Total Wellness Program

Job summary

A leading autonomous technology company in Ann Arbor is looking for an experienced individual to architect and implement a production-grade lane and route mapping system. The role demands a Ph.D. or Master's degree in a relevant field along with over 7 years of industry experience in ML/DL for mapping or computer vision. Offering a competitive salary of $225,000—$275,000, this role includes opportunities to lead advanced research and collaborate cross-functionally within an innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in vectorized mapping networks, BEV-based scene representation, and temporal modeling.
• Strong understanding of HD maps, including lane and road network geometry modeling.
• Proven leadership in guiding technical roadmaps, mentoring engineers, and driving improvements.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement a production-grade lane and route network mapping stack.
• Lead the research, design, and training of advanced neural architectures.
• Develop robust metrics and evaluation frameworks for mapping accuracy.

Education

Ph.D. or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field

7+ years of industry experience developing and deploying ML/DL models for mapping or computer vision at scale

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Python

C++

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. Our vehicles provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. Since our founding in 2017, we've given more than 500,000 autonomous rides to real people around the globe. We’re hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real-world problems and seeing the impact of their work.

Essential Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement a production-grade lane and route network mapping stack, ensuring high-performance integration with the broader autonomy system.
• Lead the research, design, and training of advanced neural architectures, including vectorized mapping networks (e.g., MapTR), multi-camera BEV transformers, and LiDAR-camera fusion models to extract and model lane and route networks for offline and online mapping.
• Lead major feature development from inception to deployment. This includes high-level architecture design, rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and technical resolution.
• Own the end-to-end data strategy for the mapping domain. You will define data curation, auto-labeling, synthetic data, and active learning pipelines to capture and resolve long-tail scenarios.
• Develop robust metrics and evaluation frameworks for lane and route network accuracy, temporal consistency, and scaling across diverse Operational Design Domains (ODDs).
• Work independently with cross-functional teams to translate complex autonomy goals into clear software and system requirements.
• Collaborate with ML and Autonomy engineers to ensure the seamless deployment and validation of mapping features to the vehicle fleet.
• Stay at the research frontier by evaluating, adapting, and innovating cutting-edge techniques, including online vectorized HD map construction, end-to-end mapping models, and vision/fusion foundation models to deliver production-ready solutions.

Qualifications and Experience

Required

• Ph.D. or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field with a strong mathematical and engineering foundation.
• 7+ years of industry experience developing and deploying ML/DL models for mapping or computer vision at scale.
• Deep expertise in several of the following areas:
  • Vectorized mapping networks (e.g., MapTR), BEV-based scene representation, and temporal modeling.
  • Self-supervised learning and vision/fusion foundation models.
  • Multimodal sensor fusion (Camera, LiDAR, radar, GPS/IMU).
  • Lane-level topology and connectivity, intersection modeling, and lane/road network graph construction.
  • Computer Vision tasks: Object detection, classification, segmentation, tracking, depth estimation, and 3D reconstruction.
• Strong understanding of HD maps, including lane and road network geometry modeling, connectivity, and semantic attributes.
• Expertise in ML/DL development using PyTorch or TensorFlow, including experience with distributed training, synthetic data generation, large-scale dataset handling, and data curation strategies.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++ with experience in modular software design and Linux-based development.
• Proven leadership in guiding technical roadmaps, mentoring engineers, and driving measurable improvements in model performance and system reliability.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to lead technical discussions and align with cross-functional teams.

Desirable

• 10+ years of experience in ML/DL for autonomous driving or ADAS systems.
• Experience utilizing Vision-Language Models (VLMs) for auto-labeling and long-tail (edge-case) detection.
• Expertise in ML optimization for real-time products with limited compute, such as quantization and pruning of large transformer models.
• A proven publication record at top-tier conferences (e.g., CVPR, NeurIPS, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR).

Physical Requirements

• Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
  • Prolonged sitting
  • Prolonged standing
  • Prolonged computer use
• Travel required? - Moderate: 11%-25%

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

$225,000—$275,000 USD

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.