Senior Autonomy Engineer II - Simulation
May Mobility
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 300,000 autonomy-enabled 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.
Job Summary
May Mobility is entering an exciting phase of growth as we expand our first-of-its-kind autonomous shuttle and mobility services across the nation. We believe strongly in the need to demonstrate the safety of our Autonomous Vehicles, so that people can ride with confidence. In many ways, this is an even more important goal for the AV industry than getting the vehicles to drive autonomously. Simulation-based testing is a big part of our strategy to achieve this. We are looking to add an experienced senior developer to our simulation infrastructure team, who can provide technical leadership and help deliver meaningful insights through simulation..
Essential Responsibilities
- Lead design, manage, and scale our simulation infrastructure to enable our fleet to operate and facilitate continuous development of our system
- Partner with our vehicle autonomy, operations, and platform teams to improve performance, facilitate new use-cases for simulation, and make simulation an effective predictive tool.
- Write high performance, generic libraries to make our simulation software as fast and scalable as possible
- Mentor and coach junior team members to instill best practices
- Build and manage large-scale simulation pipelines in a cloud environment
Skills and Abilities
Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:
- Excellent attention to detail and rigorous testing methodology
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to provide technical leadership for a development team
Qualifications and Experience
Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:
Required
- B.S. Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent degree
- A minimum of 7 years of industry experience
- Significant experience working in modern C++ (C++14/17/20)
- Strong working knowledge of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
- Experience designing, building, and expanding complex software systems with real-time and performance constraints
- Experience in some form of real-time simulation platform development and integration (game engine, autonomous vehicle simulation, etc…)
- Previous experience developing in Linux environments or ability to adapt to this environment
- Experience with robotics, automotive engineering, or start-ups is not required
Desirable
- M.S. Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and 3+ years of industry experience
- Significant experience working in Python is a plus
- Significant experience with data science tools in python (e.g. numpy, scipy, scikit-learn) is a plus
- rust experience is a plus
- Experience with Applied Intuition simulation software suite a plus (Simian, Logstream, Spectral, etc…)
Physical Requirements
- Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
- Prolonged sitting
- Prolonged standing
- Prolonged computer use
Travel required? - Minimal: 1%-10%
Benefits and Perks
- 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
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May Mobility is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetics or any other legally protected basis. Below, you have the opportunity to share your preferred gender pronouns, gender, ethnicity, and veteran status with May Mobility to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring and recruitment processes. Completion of these questions is entirely voluntary. Any information you choose to provide will be kept confidential, and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. If you believe that you will need any type of accommodation, please let us know.
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