Senior Autonomy Technical Project Manager

May Mobility, Inc.; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

May Mobility, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Technical Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams solving complex autonomous driving challenges.

You will drive data analysis, clarify requirements, manage risks, and ensure rigorous status tracking to deliver critical milestones. The role is hybrid with office work at our Ann Arbor HQ and occasional travel to operational sites, reporting to the leadership team and collaborating with autonomy, vehicle engineering, software, product, finance, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Engineering, Computer Science or highly technical degree preferred.
• A minimum of 2+ years experience as an engineer or other highly technical area.
• A minimum of 2+ years experience managing direct reports, mentoring and coaching.
• A minimum of 5+ years of technical project management experience including team management, project planning, status updating, and risk management. Ideally this experience is at least partially in fast pace research and development projects.
• A high level of initiative and activation. Must be able to enthusiastically take on challenges, including those peripheral to core responsibilities when needed for project success.
• Ability to clarify and document fuzzy requirements and challenges such that a project team can efficiently and effectively solve problems.
• An ability to clearly and concisely communicate technical concepts including root cause analysis, technical challenges and their solutions, and results backed by data.
• An ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical people and teams.
• Understanding of software and hardware development life cycles, integration processes, and test/validation complexity
• Working level knowledge of the autonomous vehicle industry
• 7+ years of Project / Program management experience
• 5+ years experience with managing direct reports, mentoring and coaching

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to deeply analyze and understand problems through data, clarifying fuzzy requirements and prioritizing competing technical tasks, assessing and mitigating risks, and detailed status tracking.
• Coordinate frequently and effectively across autonomy, vehicle engineering, software, product, finance, and operations.
• This opportunity is a hybrid role, where office work is located at May Mobility HQ in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Occasional travel may be required to operational sites.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Data analysis

Requirements gathering

Risk management

Root cause analysis

Technical communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

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 that literally reimagines the way AVs think.

Our vehicles do more than just drive themselves - they provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. We're building the world's best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant and livable spaces. Since our founding in 2017, we've given more than 500,000 autonomous rides to real people around the globe. And we're just getting started. We're hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real-world problems and seeing the impact of their work. Join us.

Job Summary

Are you a trained engineer who over the course of your career realized your talents included managing projects and people? Do you have a passion for advanced technology and problem solving and love to get to the bottom of tough problems and orient teams to solve them? Do you want to make a difference in a company that is changing mobility?

May Mobility is looking for highly motivated, activated, and energetic technical project managers who can lead teams to solve some of the hardest problems in autonomous driving. Work will include: leading teams to deeply analyze and understand problems through data, clarifying fuzzy requirements and prioritizing competing technical tasks, assessing and aggressively mitigating risks, and detail oriented status tracking. Technical project managers at May coordinate frequently and effectively across all company functions including autonomy, vehicle engineering, software, product, finance, and operations.

This opportunity is a hybrid role, where office work is located at May Mobility HQ in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Occasional travel may be required to operational sites.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:

Required

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Engineering, Computer Science or highly technical degree preferred
• A minimum of 2+ years of prior experience as an engineer or other highly technical area.
• A minimum of 2+ years experience with managing direct reports, mentoring and coaching
• A minimum of 5+ years of technical project management experience including team management, project planning, status updating, and risk management. Ideally this experience is at least partially in fast pace research and development projects.
• A high level of initiative and activation. Must be able to enthusiastically take on challenges, including those peripheral to core responsibilities when needed for project success.
• Ability to clarify and document fuzzy requirements and challenges such that a project team can efficiently and effectively solve problems.
• An ability to clearly and concisely communicate technical concepts including root cause analysis, technical challenges and their solutions, and results backed by data.
• An ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical people and teams.
• Understanding of software and hardware development life cycles, integration processes, and test/validation complexity
• Working level knowledge of the autonomous vehicle industry
• 7+ years of Project / Program management experience
• 5+ years experience with managing direct reports, mentoring and coaching

Physical Requirements

• Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
• Prolonged sitting
• Prolonged standing
• Prolonged computer use
• Lift up to 50 pounds
• Hybrid role based out of Ann Arbor, MI
• Hybrid employees work remotely from their home or alternative work space as well as from one of our offices or sites at an agreed upon cadence set by their leader and based on the nature of their role.