# Director, Autonomy Perception at May Mobility

- Company: May Mobility
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://maymobility.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: USA - Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-07-13
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/maymobility/jobs/8631724002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/may-mobility-director-autonomy-perception/

## About the role

The Director of Perception will be responsible for leading the vision, strategy, and technical roadmap of the Autonomy Perception team at May Mobility. The Director of Perception plays a key role in advancing May’s core autonomy software stack, ensuring that May’s unique, innovative MPDM architecture operates on high quality data from sensors and sensor processing algorithms.

## What they're looking for

- Deep technical knowledge and demonstrated success in delivering innovative solutions in one or more of the fields of multi-sensor fusion, object detection, scene segmentation, tracking, and behavior 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

Tags: Autonomy Engineering