Senior Systems Engineer, Event Detection and Response

Responsibilities

• Support safety risk assessments for complex driving maneuvers to ensure functional safety goals are met
• Design, implement, and maintain event detectors for vehicle log data
• Partner with data engineering and simulation teams to integrate event detectors into automated pipelines
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop system-level concepts for autonomous vehicle features
• Define and maintain system and subsystem requirements with full traceability
• Analyze large-scale vehicle log datasets to characterize event frequency and severity

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in automotive or robotics engineering
• 2+ years working on autonomous driving systems
• Strong understanding of sensor modalities (camera, lidar, radar) and perception pipelines
• Hands-on experience writing signal- or rule-based detectors against structured log data (ROS bags, Parquet/Arrow)
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle simulation platforms (e.g., CARLA)
• Proficiency in Python (pandas, numpy, polars) and SQL
• Experience with Linux, command-line interface, and git
• Knowledge of requirements management and requirement-based design

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts
• Retirement benefits with an immediately vested employer safe harbor match
• Generous paid parental leave and phased return to work
• Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
• Total Wellness Program

About the Company

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 innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology.