Autonomy Release Engineer II

Job Title: Autonomy Release Engineer II
Work Style: Hybrid
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.
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. 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.

Job Summary
May’s Lead Engineers are front line problem solvers that get things done.
May’s engineers have the initiative, experience, and technical skill to be able
to solve problems delegated to them with little oversight. Confidence backed
by firm engineering talent and knowledge of complex systems is a must.
As a Release Autonomy Engineer located at one of our Japan sites, you will
enable the successful deployment of solutions to challenging and complex
problems facing vehicle autonomy. You will support the deployment of May

autonomy systems and track down and solve the release’s most difficult
issues.
Release Autonomy Engineers are extremely cross-functional and must be
able to frequently adapt their roles between various areas of autonomy AND
various areas outside of autonomy. They straddle the line between the
Autonomy software developers and the broader issues of Deployment,
Product, company milestones and schedules. They MUST be ready to operate
within environments that often lack formal processes and they must be ready
to connect the dots between technical- and non-technical organizations.
Release Autonomy Engineers absolutely must identify key issues and drive
problems to solution. This often includes critically thinking through chaotic
situations spanning multiple organizations, schedules, and stakeholders.
From a technical standpoint, Release Autonomy engineers are responsible for
the integrated functioning of the autonomy software release. Engineers
interact with sensor hardware, middleware, autonomy software stack,
networking, health monitoring, compute platforms and electronic systems.
They drive forward architectural design and hardware/software design
through collaboration across other engineering groups. Additionally, release
engineers take feedback from sites, customers, riders, and turn that into
metrics/instrumentation/tools to evaluate that the autonomy system is
functioning and improving in a way that matters to the user. You will be a
go-to person for understanding how releases come together, be an active
participant in troubleshooting merge/CI issues as well as a generalized
understanding to dive into system integration issues found during release
testing.

Essential Responsibilities
● Take initiative to understand every aspect of the May vehicle
architecture - hardware, software, networking, configurations - all of it.
● Take initiative to find and permanently solve challenging system level
issues caused by the interplay between different software and
hardware components.
● Troubleshoot and support solutions to challenging field issues.
● Collaborate and lead system-wide improvements when working with
other teams without having direct ownership or management
responsibility.
● Design, build, and maintain the May autonomy system architecture and
cross functional autonomy components.
● Assess and develop approaches that improve performance in a variety
of ways (e.g. CPU performance, memory usage, disk usage, network
usage).
● Assess and improve system robustness to systematic stochastic and
transient issues that impact autonomous vehicle performance.
● Support other autonomy engineers in designing and integrating their
components with the full May system.
● Management of software branch updates to existing software releases
● Curation of hotfixes and patches to ensure proper maintenance of
deployed software at our sites
● Curation and execution of simulation suites and results to track
performance across software releases to understand current
performance capabilities and limitations between deployed releases as
well as proposed updates
● Appreciation for production quality software - We are a product
company - not a research lab!

Qualifications and Experience
Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following
qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:
Required
● Minimum of 1 year of experience in autonomous robotics system
engineering with a broad focus across multiple aspects of autonomous
robot components
● Experience successfully navigating uncertainty and bringing
stakeholders from different organizations together to form alignments
when stakeholders objectives are at odds with each other
● Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, Electrical Engineering or an applied engineering field.
● Experience ‘managing up’
● Strong communication skills in both English and Japanese
● Experience using analysis to form a conclusion with argumentation on
critical technical issues AS WELL AS communicating this to stakeholders
at different technical and management levels
● Strong programming skills in C/C++
● Experience taking components and systems through the full product
lifecycle.
● Demonstrated strong troubleshooting and analytic skills at the system
and subsystem level.
● Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and clearly about
complex system behaviors, structures, and issues.
● Drive to “see for yourself”
Desirable
● 5+ years of experience in autonomous robotic systems
● Experience managing software (branches / versions / deployments)

● Experience with autonomous cars, trucks, or similar vehicles.
● A masters or PhD degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, Electrical Engineering or an applied engineering field.
● Previous experience in a startup or high performance research and
development group delivering a product
● Project management experience
● License to drive on public roads in Japan

Physical Requirements
● Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
○ Prolonged sitting
○ Prolonged standing
○ Prolonged computer use
Travel required? - Moderate: 11%-25%

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience
Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following
qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:
Required
● Minimum of 1 year of experience in autonomous robotics system
engineering with a broad focus across multiple aspects of autonomous
robot components
● Experience successfully navigating uncertainty and bringing
stakeholders from different organizations together to form alignments
when stakeholders objectives are at odds with each other
● Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, Electrical Engineering or an applied engineering field.
● Experience ‘managing up’
● Strong communication skills in both English and Japanese
● Experience using analysis to form a conclusion with argumentation on
critical technical issues AS WELL AS communicating this to stakeholders
at different technical and management levels
● Strong programming skills in C/C++
● Experience taking components and systems through the full product
lifecycle.
● Demonstrated strong troubleshooting and analytic skills at the system
and subsystem level.
● Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and clearly about
complex system behaviors, structures, and issues.
● Drive to “see for yourself”
Desirable
● 5+ years of experience in autonomous robotic systems
● Experience managing software (branches / versions / deployments)

● Experience with autonomous cars, trucks, or similar vehicles.
● A masters or PhD degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, Electrical Engineering or an applied engineering field.
● Previous experience in a startup or high performance research and
development group delivering a product
● Project management experience
● License to drive on public roads in Japan

Physical Requirements
● Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
○ Prolonged sitting
○ Prolonged standing
○ Prolonged computer use
Travel required? - Moderate: 11%-25%