Director of Perception

Join Zoox, a cutting-edge robotics company, as the Director of Perception. In this role, you will lead high-impact perception teams, collaborate with other AI and software leaders, and drive the development of a dynamic objects perception system. You will also establish best practices for data-driven decision-making and stay updated on industry trends in AI and perception.

• Lead high-impact Perception teams, overseeing their technical roadmap and milestone goals.
• Collaborate closely with other AI and software leaders to deliver an exceptional dynamic objects perception system.
• Build and lead a group of managers and engineers, responsible for the team’s roadmap, productivity, execution, and impact within the company.
• MSc or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science or related fields
• Experience with recent AI approaches including E2E models for perception, transformers and sparse networks
• Expertise in implementing autonomy solutions and deploying real-world systems
• Strong understanding of computer vision systems and AI software stacks
• 10+ years of experience in computer vision, machine learning and related technologies
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Experience with sensor fusion and uncertainty modeling across multiple modalities
• 8+ years of extensive leadership experience, leading teams of 40+
• Strong leadership skills suitable for recruiting, leading, growing, and managing technical team members in solving a challenging problem, and building a critical component of a real-time system
• Recent experience in implementing vision & perception algorithms
• Familiarity with perception of autonomous vehicles or similar robots
• Hands-on experience having deployed real products or platforms into the real world, and intimately understanding the challenges of working with complex systems
• Involvement in validation or evaluation of risk and/or safety-critical systems
• Knowledge of GPU and/or TPU programming (CUDA, TensorRT, etc.)
• We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team
• You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills