Lead Autonomy Behavior Engineer

May Mobility is seeking an experienced robotics software engineer to lead the development and testing of autonomous vehicle control systems, providing innovative solutions in autonomous mobility technology.

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Salary: $190,000—$230,000 USD

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test-state-of-the-art robotics software in C/C++ for Autonomous Vehicles.
• Lead and participate in team code quality activities including design and code reviews.
• Provide technical guidance to Technical Support Team on issue diagnosis and resolution.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams to develop software and system requirements for Autonomous Vehicle behavior and controls subsystems.
• Collaborate with data science team members to design and implement metrics capturing key performance indicators of Autonomous Vehicle subsystems.
• Develop unit and simulation tests to validate vehicle performance across target operational domains.
• Coordinate and execute on-vehicle tests to validate performance of Autonomous Vehicle software in real-world scenarios.
• Diagnose and root-cause issues reported by commercial operations through the May Field Response process.
• Develop tools and visualizations to enable support engineers to analyze performance of behavior and control subsystems from field data.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of industry experience working on real-world robot systems including implementing at least two commercial projects.
• Experience developing and deploying capabilities for robot behavior planning, decision making under uncertainty, path planning, probabilistic reasoning, prediction, machine learning, trajectory generation, controls and/or localization.
• Familiarity with multiple non-linear control methodologies such as MPC, LQR, PID, optimal control, stochastic control, adaptive control, and robust control.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++.
• Expertise with software development in a Linux environment.
• Familiarity with standard development tools such as git, valgrind, and gdb.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans.
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts.
• Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.
• Generous paid parental leave and phased return to work.
• Flexible vacation policy and paid holidays.
• Total Wellness Program for overall wellbeing.

Additional Information

• May Mobility is committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
• Salary range is $190,000—$230,000 USD.