Software Engineering Manager - Perception Occupancy (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineering Manager - Perception Occupancy (AI): Leading and scaling high-impact Perception teams responsible for building hirify.global’s world-class 3D environment model from multi-modal sensor data with an accent on driving technical strategy for occupancy modeling and rare event detection. Focus on innovating with advanced ML techniques, such as foundation models and efficient geometric representations, to improve performance in complex real-world and simulated environments.

Location: Hybrid. Must be based in Foster City, CA

Salary: $277,000–$333,000 a year

Company

hirify.global is reinventing personal transportation by creating a world-class 3D environment model from multi-modal sensor data for autonomous vehicles.

What you will do

• Lead technical strategy for core occupancy modeling and rare event detection, driving the team’s roadmap and execution.
• Own the development and deployment of critical perception models, overseeing multi-modal architectures and technical design.
• Innovate with advanced machine learning and computer vision techniques, including foundation models and efficient geometric representations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with simulation and data teams to leverage synthetic data and ensure system reliability in adverse conditions.
• Drive organizational health by balancing technical leadership with people management and establishing best practices.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of computer vision systems, AI software stacks, and sensor fusion across multiple modalities.
• 3+ years of technical leadership experience and 10+ years in computer vision, machine learning, and related fields.
• Strong leadership skills in recruiting, leading, growing, and managing technical team members.
• Expertise in implementing autonomy solutions and deploying real-world systems.
• Experience with recent AI approaches including VLM, LLM, Transformers, and GenAI.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with perception of autonomous vehicles or similar robots.
• Hands-on experience having deployed real products or platforms into the real world.
• Involvement in validation or evaluation of risk and/or safety-critical systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off (sick leave, vacation, bereavement) and unpaid time off.
• hirify.global Stock Appreciation Rights and Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
• Health insurance, long-term care insurance, and disability and life insurance.

Hiring process

• AI tools may be used to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications or assessing responses.