5 months ago
Base Salary
$231k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, implementation, and long-term ownership of next-generation perception systems from research prototypes through robust production solutions.
- Develop high-performance, tested, and maintainable C++ software optimized for heterogeneous edge and robotics computing platforms.
- Architect and optimize high-throughput, real-time perception pipelines for object detection, tracking, and sensor fusion.
- Select, adapt, integrate, and develop machine learning and computer vision models for complex large-scale problems.
- Set technical direction and roadmaps while balancing R&D iteration with productization and scale requirements.
- Collaborate with Product leadership and establish technical standards across Engineering organizations.
- Define and contribute to shared infrastructure, tooling, and architectural patterns that scale pilots into mission-critical product capabilities.
- Mentor engineers and make architectural trade-off decisions across the Perception stack.
Requirements
- An MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field is required.
- 10+ years of relevant experience building and deploying perception systems is required.
- Deep expertise in robotics, state estimation, computer vision, or applied machine learning is required.
- Extensive experience leading large, complex, production-grade systems end-to-end is required.
- Expert-level proficiency in modern C++, including real-time or embedded systems experience, is required.
- A proven track record of technical leadership and architectural ownership across multiple projects or teams is required.
- Experience scaling systems from prototype to production in ambiguous, fast-moving environments is required.
- Automotive or robotics domain experience is a plus.
- Strong influence-without-authority, cross-team alignment, mentorship, and engineering-quality leadership abilities are required.
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About Hayden AI
Hayden AI builds a vision AI platform with vehicle-mounted cameras and analytics that detect road and curb violations and measure transit performance for cities and transit agencies. The company sells hardware plus cloud software and compliance services through multi-year contracts to municipal and transportation customers. Privately held and headquartered in San Francisco, it focuses on North American smart-city deployments such as bus-lane enforcement, curb management, and school-zone safety.