<div><p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight:400;">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.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"> </span><span style="font-weight:400;">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.</span></span></p></div><h1><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>Job Summary</strong></span></h1><p>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. Launched in 2017 with a strong team of experienced roboticists and software engineers with decades of experience fielding robotic systems in the wild, May Mobility is looking to expand its team of robotics engineers with a background in robotics or autonomous vehicles. </p><h1><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>Essential Responsibilities</strong></span></h1><p>You will have an opportunity to independently impact our approach to solving the most interesting problems facing AV’s today, while operating live in the wild. </p><ul><li>Work independently with cross functional teams to develop software and system requirements</li><li>Design, implement, and test-state-of-the-art robotics software in C/C++ </li><li>Lead team code quality activities including design and code reviews </li><li>Track and Trend technical performance of the system in the field </li><li>Provide technical guidance to Technical Support Team on issue diagnosis and resolution</li></ul><h1><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>Skills and Abilities</strong></span></h1><p><em>Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:</em></p><ul><li>In-depth understanding of one or more of the following: behavior planning, decision making under uncertainty, path planning, probabilistic reasoning, prediction, machine learning, trajectory generation, controls or localization</li><li>Awareness of the state of the art in the field, and be able to translate novel ideas into relevant solutions at May</li><li>Ability to understand complex code bases and identify long term architectural improvements</li><li>Ability to provide individual and team mentorship, including technical leadership for complex projects </li><li>Ability to collaborate cross functionally with adjacent teams such as perception and controls</li><li>Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including stakeholders, executives, and customers</li></ul><h1><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>Qualifications and Experience</strong></span></h1><p><em>Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:</em></p><p><strong><em>Required</em></strong></p><ul><li>10+ years of industry experience working on real-world robot systems including implementing at least two commercial projects working at a systems-level, delivering critical functions that make a robot work successfully in the field.</li><li>Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a field that requires a strong mathematical and/or engineering foundation (e.g. physics, aerospace engineering)</li><li>Experience developing and deploying capabilities for robot behavior planning, decision making under uncertainty, path planning, probabilistic reasoning, prediction, machine learning, trajectory generation, controls and/or localization</li><li>Strong programming skills in C/C++</li><li>Expertise with software development in a Linux environment</li><li>Familiarity with standard development tools such as git, valgrind, and gdb </li></ul><p><strong><em>Desirable</em></strong></p><ul><li>Masters or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a field that requires a strong mathematical and/or engineering foundation (e.g. physics, aerospace engineering)</li><li>Strong background in one of the robotics areas discussed above as demonstrated by developing and delivering to fielded robots multiple capabilities that solve critical problems in controls and motion planning</li><li>Demonstrated ability to mentor and support more junior engineers in learning and contributing to robotics development and testing</li><li>Strong programming skills in C, software development in a Linux environment</li></ul><h1><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>Physical Requirements</strong></span></h1><ul><li>Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:</li><ul><li>Prolonged sitting</li><li>Prolonged standing</li><li>Prolonged computer use</li></ul></ul><p>Travel required? -  Moderate: 11%-25%</p><div><div><div><div><div><div><hr><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Benefits and Perks</strong></span><ul><li style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">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. </span></li><li style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts available.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">Generous paid parental leave as well as a phased return to work. </span></li><li style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">Flexible vacation policy in addition to paid company holidays.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing  </span> </span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and/or people of color are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every qualification. At May Mobility, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workforce, so if you’re excited about this role but your previous experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway! You may be the perfect candidate for this or another role at May.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">Want to learn more about our culture &amp; benefits? Check out our <a href="https://maymobility.com/careers/">website</a>!</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">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.</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><em>Note to Recruitment Agencies:</em></strong><em><span style="font-weight:400;"> May Mobility does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, May Mobility does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.</span></em></span></p><div><div><div>Salary Range</div><div><span>$189,000</span><span>—</span><span>$225,000 USD</span></div></div></div>

<p>May Mobility is developing autonomous electric vehicles from the chassis up with a focus on system-level safety design. This focus will allow us to be the first to launch a fully driverless autonomous vehicle. The company plans to lead the industry with its system design approach and best in class user experience. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.</p>

Lead Autonomy Engineer - Behavior/ML

<div><p><span>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.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span><span>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.</span><span> </span><span>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.</span></span></p></div><h1><span><strong>Job Summary</strong></span></h1><p>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. Launched in 2017 with a strong team of experienced roboticists and software engineers with decades of experience fielding robotic systems in the wild, May Mobility is looking to expand its team of robotics engineers with a background in robotics or autonomous vehicles.&nbsp;</p><h1><span><strong>Essential Responsibilities</strong></span></h1><p>You will have an opportunity to independently impact our approach to solving the most interesting problems facing AV’s today, while operating live in the wild.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Work independently with cross functional teams to develop software and system requirements</li><li>Design, implement, and test-state-of-the-art robotics software in C/C++&nbsp;</li><li>Lead team code quality activities including design and code reviews&nbsp;</li><li>Track and Trend technical performance of the system in the field&nbsp;</li><li>Provide technical guidance to Technical Support Team on issue diagnosis and resolution</li></ul><h1><span><strong>Skills and Abilities</strong></span></h1><p><em>Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:</em></p><ul><li>In-depth understanding of one or more of the following: behavior planning, decision making under uncertainty, path planning, probabilistic reasoning, prediction, machine learning, trajectory generation, controls or localization</li><li>Awareness of the state of the art in the field, and be able to translate novel ideas into relevant solutions at May</li><li>Ability to understand complex code bases and identify long term architectural improvements</li><li>Ability to provide individual and team mentorship, including technical leadership for complex projects&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to collaborate cross functionally with adjacent teams such as perception and controls</li><li>Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including stakeholders, executives, and customers</li></ul><h1><span><strong>Qualifications and Experience</strong></span></h1><p><em>Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:</em></p><p><strong><em>Required</em></strong></p><ul><li>10+ years of industry experience working on real-world robot systems including implementing at least two commercial projects working at a systems-level, delivering critical functions that make a robot work successfully in the field.</li><li>Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a field that requires a strong mathematical and/or engineering foundation (e.g. physics, aerospace engineering)</li><li>Experience developing and deploying capabilities for robot behavior planning, decision making under uncertainty, path planning, probabilistic reasoning, prediction, machine learning, trajectory generation, controls and/or localization</li><li>Strong programming skills in C/C++</li><li>Expertise with software development in a Linux environment</li><li>Familiarity with standard development tools such as git, valgrind, and gdb&nbsp;</li></ul><p><strong><em>Desirable</em></strong></p><ul><li>Masters or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a field that requires a strong mathematical and/or engineering foundation (e.g. physics, aerospace engineering)</li><li>Strong background in one of the robotics areas discussed above as demonstrated by developing and delivering to fielded robots multiple capabilities that solve critical problems in controls and motion planning</li><li>Demonstrated ability to mentor and support more junior engineers in learning and contributing to robotics development and testing</li><li>Strong programming skills in C, software development in a Linux environment</li></ul><h1><span><strong>Physical Requirements</strong></span></h1><ul><li>Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:</li><ul><li>Prolonged sitting</li><li>Prolonged standing</li><li>Prolonged computer use</li></ul></ul><p>Travel required? -&nbsp; Moderate: 11%-25%</p><div><div><div><div><div><div><hr><span><strong>Benefits and Perks</strong></span><ul><li><span>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.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span>Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts available.</span></li><li><span>Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.</span></li><li><span>Generous paid parental leave as well as a phased return to work.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span>Flexible vacation policy in addition to paid company holidays.</span></li><li><span><span>Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing&nbsp; </span>&nbsp;</span></li></ul></div><div><span>Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and/or people of color are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every qualification. At May Mobility, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workforce, so if you’re excited about this role but your previous experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway! You may be the perfect candidate for this or another role at May.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span><em><span>Want to learn more about our culture &amp; benefits? Check out our <a href="https://maymobility.com/careers/">website</a>!</span></em></span></p><p><span><em><span>May Mobility is an equal opportunity employer.&nbsp; 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. &nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.</span></em></span></p><p><span><strong><em>Note to Recruitment Agencies:</em></strong><em><span> May Mobility does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, May Mobility does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.</span></em></span></p><div><div><div>Salary Range</div><div><span>$189,000</span><span>—</span><span>$225,000 USD</span></div></div></div>

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