Senior Software Engineering Manager - Multi Object Tracking & State Estimation (Computer Vision & ML)

Location: Pittsburgh, PA; Palo Alto, CA; or Detroit, MI, United States

Salary: $253,120–$379,680 USD base salary per year in California, plus potential annual bonus and equity compensation.

Company

hirify.global develops automated driving technologies, including Level 3 systems, for Ford vehicles and operates as a Ford subsidiary with a startup-like engineering environment.

What you will do

• Lead a team of experts developing multi-object tracking, road-property estimation, pre-collision assist, and automatic emergency braking functionality.
• Analyze system performance and research literature to design state-of-the-art modular and end-to-end machine learning solutions.
• Collaborate with roboticists, machine learning engineers, scientists, systems engineering, and product management.
• Integrate, deploy, and productionize state-estimation models for vehicle autonomy systems.
• Investigate failures, define verification and validation cases, and move concepts into mass production.
• Contribute as a senior technical leader to next-generation autonomy systems and the Ford Large Driving Model.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field with 10+ years of relevant experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 8+ years or a PhD with 5+ years.
• Experience developing and shipping learned multi-object tracking systems.
• Experience with classical state-estimation methods, including Kalman and particle filters.
• Significant experience with Python and/or C++, computer vision, perception, and machine learning.
• Experience shipping machine-learning-based computer vision solutions using PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, or similar frameworks.
• Must be legally authorized to work permanently in the United States.

Nice to have

• PhD focused on machine learning or equivalent experience.
• Experience shipping end-to-end computer vision systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside experts in machine learning, robotics, cloud platforms, mapping, sensors, compute systems, testing, systems engineering, and safety.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families, plus a health savings account with employer matching.
• Employer-matched 401(k), life insurance, paid parental and medical leave, unlimited vacation, and 15 paid holidays.
• Professional development reimbursement, wellness stipend, employee assistance, and pre-tax healthcare, dependent-care, and commuter benefits.
• Adoption and surrogacy support, backup child and elder care, daily office meals and refreshments, employee resource groups, and team activity programs.

Hiring process

• Employment eligibility will be verified at the time of hire.
• Visa sponsorship is available for this position.