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Director, Autonomy Perception

Ann Arbor , MI - HQ💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-13 → 2026-07-31

Core

Leading the vision, strategy, and technical roadmap for the Autonomy Perception team to advance May's core autonomy software stack and ensure high-quality sensor data processing.

Role type

Director of Perception (Autonomous Vehicles)

Builds

Autonomous vehicle perception systems utilizing Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) architecture

Domain

Autonomous driving, robotics, transportation

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Multi-sensor fusion, object detection, scene segmentation, tracking, behavior prediction, technical roadmap planning, team leadership (10+ engineers), KPI development, sensor suite design

Preferred skills

MPDM architecture experience, startup experience, hiring strategy execution

Technologies

Multi-sensor fusion, end-to-end learned systems, tracking systems, behavior prediction

Responsibilities

Develop and execute autonomy strategy with executives; deliver advances to perception technology (detection, classification, tracking, prediction); lead design of next-generation sensor suites; construct and execute roadmaps to solve key challenges; interview, hire, and manage a diverse team of perception engineers and scientists.

Seniority

Director, hands-on technical leadership

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