Senior Manager of Perception

Requirements

Strong understanding of computer vision systems and AI software stacks

5+ years of extensive leadership experience, leading teams of 20+

10+ years of experience in computer vision, machine learning and related technologies

Strong leadership skills suitable for recruiting, leading, growing, and managing technical team members in solving a challenging problem, and building a critical component of a real-time system

Recent experience in implementing vision & perception algorithms

Expertise in implementing autonomy solutions and deploying real-world systems

Experience with recent AI approaches including E2E models for perception, transformers and sparse networks

Experience with sensor fusion and uncertainty modeling across multiple modalities

Strong presentation and communication skills

MSc or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science or related fields

(Desirable) Familiarity with perception of autonomous vehicles or similar robots

(Desirable) Hands-on experience having deployed real products or platforms into the real world, and intimately understanding the challenges of working with complex systems

(Desirable) Involvement in validation or evaluation of risk and/or safety-critical systems

(Desirable) Knowledge of GPU and/or TPU programming (CUDA, TensorRT, etc.)

What the job involves

You will be responsible for leading high-impact Perception teams with their technical roadmap and milestone goals

You will be closely collaborating with other AI and SW leaders, simulation, and our systems design and mission assurance teams to deliver an exceptional dynamic objects perception system encompassing modalities such as vision, lidar, radar and long-wave IR across pipelines such as segmentation, detection, classification, fusion and tracking

You will lead a diverse, experienced team with a rapidly growing scope and responsibility while also working on some of the most complex problems in artificial intelligence, perception, and sensor fusion

Build and lead a group of managers and engineers, and be responsible for the team’s roadmap, productivity, execution and impact within the company

Set the vision for, grow, and lead a team of talented software engineers in the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects, while providing the team with technical leadership

Collaborate with engineers and leaders across a variety of teams to brainstorm and accelerate the development of perception capabilities

Provide clear summaries, progress, and recommendations to our executive leadership team

Establishing best practices and statistical rigor around data-driven decision-making

Stay on top of industry and academic trends in AI and perception, making sure Zoox remains at the cutting edge of both algorithms and their implementation at scale

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