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Engineer Manager - Perception, Self-Driving Systems

Sunnyvale💼 Full-time💰 $231,900–$231,900🗓 2026-06-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the end-to-end development, training, and deployment of a unified perception model for autonomous vehicles across diverse geographies and sensor configurations.

Role type

Manager of Perception Systems (Self-Driving)

Builds

Production-grade autonomy stacks for passenger cars, trucks, and off-road vehicles

Domain

Autonomous Driving / Computer Vision / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning for perception, 3D scene understanding, team management, camera-first perception strategy, embedded hardware optimization, Python, C++, scaling models across geographies

Preferred skills

Transformer-based architectures, BEV representations, multi-task learning, occupancy-based scene representations, map-agnostic perception, closed-loop simulation

Technologies

Python, C++, Camera sensors, Embedded compute

Responsibilities

Own the perception model architecture and lifecycle from training to deployment; Drive a camera-first strategy to reduce map/lidar dependencies; Lead hands-on training and failure analysis; Manage model performance across varied driving conditions; Work with OEMs on sensor configurations and ODDs; Recruit and lead a team of perception engineers

Seniority

Manager, hands-on technical leadership

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