Senior Manager, Perception
Core
Leading high-impact Perception teams to build Zoox's world-class 3D environment model from multi-modal sensor data for autonomous vehicles in dense urban environments.
Role type
Senior Manager, Perception (AI/Software Engineering Leadership)
Builds
Dynamic objects perception system encompassing vision, lidar, radar, and long-wave IR across segmentation, detection, classification, fusion, and tracking pipelines.
Domain
Autonomous driving, Computer Vision, Sensor Fusion, AI/ML
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Computer vision systems, AI software stacks, team leadership (20+), computer vision/ML experience, vision & perception algorithms, autonomy solutions deployment, E2E models, transformers, sparse networks, sensor fusion, uncertainty modeling
Preferred skills
Autonomous vehicle perception, real-world product deployment, risk/safety-critical system validation, GPU/TPU programming (CUDA, TensorRT)
Technologies
Vision, Lidar, Radar, Long-wave IR, E2E models, Transformers, Sparse networks, CUDA, TensorRT
Responsibilities
Build and lead a group of managers and engineers responsible for roadmap, productivity, and execution; Set vision and provide technical leadership for complex technical projects; Collaborate with AI, SW, simulation, and mission assurance teams to accelerate perception capabilities; Provide summaries and recommendations to executive leadership; Establish best practices for data-driven decision-making; Stay on top of industry and academic trends in AI and perception.
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on leadership
