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Director, Autonomy Behavior

May Mobility · Ann Arbor, MI - Onsite · On-site

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About May Mobility

Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

The Director of Autonomy Behaviors will be responsible for leading the vision, strategy, and technical roadmap of the Behavior & Controls team at May Mobility. The Director of Autonomy Behaviors plays a key role in advancing May’s unique, innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology towards building a safe and comfortable ride. MPDM is a unique approach to planning that enables May to build and scale its autonomy capabilities much more efficiently than any of its competitors.

What they're looking for

  • Deep technical knowledge and demonstrated success in delivering innovative solutions in one or more of the fields of planning, autonomous decision making, reinforcement learning, and computational prediction
  • A demonstrated strong attention to detail with the ability to understand, track, and efficiently mitigate technical, integration, and personnel risks
  • Demonstrated success in working in uncertain work environments with an ability to turn concepts and problems that are uncertain into effective, executable plans to resolve these issues
  • A proven ability to get the best out of others, set goals and expectations for others, communicate clearly and honestly, and discuss difficult topics
  • An ability to clearly and concisely communicate technical concepts including root cause analysis, technical challenges and their solutions, and results backed by data
  • Proven ability to work with other peers in related technical areas to jointly solve larger system issues
More about this role

May Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May develops and deploys autonomous vehicles (AVs) powered by our innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology that literally reimagines the way AVs think.

Our vehicles do more than just drive themselves - they provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. We’re building the world’s best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant and livable spaces. Since our founding in 2017, we’ve given more than 500,000 autonomous rides to real people around the globe. And we’re just getting started. We’re hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real-world problems and seeing the impact of their work. Join us.

The Director of Autonomy Behaviors will be responsible for leading the vision, strategy, and technical roadmap of the Behavior & Controls team at May Mobility. The Director of Autonomy Behaviors plays a...

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