Director, AI Core Software

Merlin Labs
Boston, MA
Job Description
Role Overview

You will lead the technical strategy for Merlin's AI Core platform, spanning perception, sensor fusion, decision-making, planning, and control. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team of AI engineers, robotics engineers, and software engineers working on flight-critical autonomy software.

What You Will Do

Define and drive the technical strategy for Merlin's AI Core platform, lead a team of engineers, own the architecture of the AI Core stack, establish engineering standards, and partner with cross-functional teams.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, have a strong command of modern software engineering practices, and be able to define and communicate architectural decisions across organizational boundaries.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience
  • 5+ years in Physical AI technical leadership and engineering management roles
  • Proven track record of shipping production grade AI based autonomy in a safety-critical environment
  • Deep expertise in real-time perception and sensor fusion, motion planning and control, large-scale next gen AI model training and deployment, or onboard inference systems
  • Strong command of modern software engineering practices
  • Experience managing senior engineers and staff-level technical contributors
  • Proficiency in Pytorch, TensorFlow and C++
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

  • Catered lunches
  • Snacks
  • Beverages
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Unlimited vacation
  • 401k with match
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