May Mobility · 1 day ago
Director, Autonomy Behavior
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$220K/yr - $300K/yr
7+ years expMay Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. The Director of Autonomy will lead the vision, strategy, and technical roadmap of the Autonomy Behavior team, advancing the company’s innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making technology and providing leadership to autonomy engineering managers and engineers.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesPublic TransportationSoftwareTravel
Responsibilities
Be a technical thought leader to champion May Mobility’s mission, vision, values and company priorities to develop and execute autonomy strategy with fellow executives and engineering leaders
Work cross-functionally with Vehicle Engineering; Software, Data and Infrastructure; and Operations leaders to solve and deploy solutions to autonomy challenges
Deliver innovative and robust advances to May’s MPDM technology including faster execution, more accurate MPDM simulations, effective reward functions, improved and expressive policies, compatible and stable control algorithms and any other technological aspect required to advance MPDM, May’s core technology
Ensure May’s core MPDM technologies operate efficiently and effectively in commercial deployments, including supporting effective triage and resolution of issues related to this technology
Maintain an understanding of related research fields including planning, automated decision making, and various machine learning techniques such as reinforcement learning
Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to track autonomy performance
Identify key gaps and challenges in May’s autonomy technology including MPDM and control algorithms
Construct and execute a roadmap to solve key challenges and work with other autonomy leaders to synchronize this roadmap with the roadmaps of other functions
Identify monthly, quarterly and yearly milestones to iteratively improve performance in both the short and long term
Take responsibility for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects and provide the team with technical leadership
Help set perception team hiring targets. Interview, hire, and manage a diverse team of talented perception engineers and scientists
Oversee the escalation of critical issues and opportunities within the autonomy team’s leadership, driving clear recommendations to maximize the effectiveness of the team with respect to company priorities and strategy
Qualification
Required
PhD or masters degree in a relevant, highly technical field (e.g. robotics, computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, physics)
A demonstrated ability to solve complex autonomy problems as a principal investigator, staff or principal engineer, or director (or equivalent role)
7+ years of software-focused engineering experience solving challenging robotics problems in mission critical software and/or robotic systems
Experience leading a team of 10+ engineers - setting goals, leading by example, handling challenging situations and failures
Previous experience as individual contributor successfully developing and deploying innovative solutions in the autonomous vehicle or related space
Preferred
5+ years of management experience
Experience developing and/or using MPDM
Deep understanding of the challenges facing autonomous vehicles as well as the state of the art in autonomy
Benefits
Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans. Domestic partners who have been residing together at least one year are also eligible to participate.
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts available.
Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.
Generous paid parental leave as well as a phased return to work.
Flexible vacation policy in addition to paid company holidays.
Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing
Company
May Mobility
May Mobility is a manufacturing firm that designs and develops autonomous technology vehicles for self-driving transportation solutions.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$309.58MKey Investors
GrabITOCHU CorporationNTT Group
2025-10-23Corporate Round
2025-05-29Corporate Round· $6.96M
2023-11-07Series D· $105M
Leadership Team
Edwin Olson
CEO
Daisy Wall
Senior Director, Government Business (Sales and Policy)
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