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Engineering Manager - Behavior

Sunnyvale💼 Full-time💰 $204,000–$204,000🗓 2025-09-24 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a team of engineers to build and deploy scalable behavior systems for L2 and L4 autonomous vehicles across cars, trucks, mining, construction, and offroad applications.

Role type

Engineering Manager, Autonomous Systems (Behavior Planning)

Builds

Next-generation behavior planning and decision-making systems for physical AI in diverse operating conditions.

Domain

Autonomous Vehicles / Robotics / AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Behavior planning, decision making under uncertainty, path planning, motion planning, probabilistic reasoning, prediction, machine learning, trajectory generation, mapless driving, end-to-end autonomy stack, large-scale software architecture, engineering team leadership

Preferred skills

End-to-end autonomy experience, ML-driven and rule-based behavior planning, intent detection, risk assessment modules, applying ML/AI to complex decision-making frameworks

Technologies

Behavior planning frameworks, simulation tools, autonomy stacks

Responsibilities

Drive strategy, technical roadmap, and architecture for behavior planning; guide design and implementation of safety-critical algorithms; grow and manage a world-class engineering team; evolve architecture toward an L4 end-to-end stack; collaborate cross-functionally with Perception, Research, Simulation, and Vehicle Operations teams.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on technical leadership

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