Engineering Manager - Behavior

The role

You will lead a group of engineers building and deploying scalable behavior systems for cars, trucks, mining, construction, and offroad applications. You will drive strategy, technical roadmap, and architecture for behavior planning for L2 and L4 autonomous vehicles.

What you will do

• Drive the overall strategy, technical roadmap, and architecture for behavior planning
• Guide the design and implementation of robust, safety-critical algorithms
• Grow and manage a team of world class engineers in the field of behavior systems
• Evolve the architecture to achieve the final goal of an L4 end-to-end stack
• Work cross functionally with Perception, Research, Simulation, and Vehicle Operations teams

Required qualifications

• Bachelors degree in any field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 5+ years of experience in robotics or autonomous systems, with a focus on behavior systems
• Experience in two or more of: behavior planning, decision making under uncertainty, path planning, motion planning, probabilistic reasoning, prediction, machine learning, trajectory generation, maples
• Demonstrated ability to architect large-scale, production software for real-world robotic or automotive systems
• Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams, setting goals, and overseeing technical projects
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

• Direct experience working in end-to-end autonomy
• Hands-on experience building ML-driven and rule-based behavior planning, intent detection, or risk assessment modules
• Demonstrated success in applying machine learning and AI processes to complex decision-making frameworks for autonomous vehicles

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage
• 401k retirement benefits with employer match
• Learning and wellness stipends
• Paid time off

About the company

Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical AI. It services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries.