Engineering Manager, State Estimation

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🕒 September 17, 2025

🏢🏡 San Francisco – Hybrid

💵 $220k - $270k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👮‍♀️ Software Engineering Manager

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Hayden AI

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51 - 200 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🚗 Transport

🔐 Security

Artificial Intelligence • Transport • Security

Hayden AI is a company that specializes in revolutionizing problem-solving through its AI-powered mobile perception platform. The company goes beyond automated traffic enforcement, offering solutions that enhance the safety and performance of transit buses by enforcing bus lanes and bus stops automatically. Hayden AI is recognized as the largest provider of mobile automated bus lane and bus stop enforcement systems in the United States. Their technology is designed with a privacy-first approach, utilizing edge processing and encryption to protect data. The company leverages a rich collection of vision-based data combined with advanced machine learning to provide valuable insights for cities and businesses. Hayden AI has been acknowledged for its contribution to green technology and continues to innovate with disruptive, AI-based solutions.

📋 Description

• Lead a high-performing team developing advanced mapping, localization, and SLAM solutions for embedded camera systems • Oversee the research, development, and deployment of large-scale mapping and localization solutions • Shape the technical roadmap and set technical direction and project priorities aligned with organizational goals • Drive high-impact, cross-functional projects from conception through deployment, coordinating with research, hardware, and product teams • Provide technical guidance on algorithm design, system architecture, and implementation; ensure best practices in software development and performance optimization • Foster a culture of innovation, technical rigor, and collaboration across the team • Develop and maintain project roadmaps, milestones, and technical documentation • Partner with senior leadership to define long-term strategies for localization, state estimation, and multi-sensor calibration • Review and approve designs, architectures, and implementations to ensure technical excellence and scalability • Lead recruitment, hiring, and performance management to grow a world-class engineering team

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree (M.S. or Ph.D. preferred) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a related field • 10+ years of industry experience (8+ years with an M.S., 6+ years with a Ph.D.) including significant leadership or management responsibilities • Proven experience leading engineering teams working on state estimation, localization, or SLAM technologies • Strong foundation in C++ development, geometric computer vision, stochastic processes, and nonlinear/convex optimization • Deep understanding of filtering algorithms (e.g., Kalman, particle filters) and optimization-based methods (e.g., nonlinear least squares) • Familiarity with camera geometry, structure from motion, multi-sensor fusion, factor graphs, and related state estimation concepts • Experience deploying SLAM/VIO estimators and integrating multi-sensor systems (GPS, IMU, camera, wheel odometry) • Exposure to integrating deep learning with classical state estimation approaches (preferred) • Strong record of published research or contributions to the robotics and computer vision community (preferred) • Experience scaling and leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams (preferred) • Exceptional communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, research, and product functions • Experience in technology transfer and delivering research innovations into production systems • Authorized to work in the United States (employer will verify eligibility) • Willingness/ability to commute to the San Francisco office up to three days each week and relocate if required

🏖️ Benefits

• Options for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents (for US employees) • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA) • 401(k) with 3% company matching • Unlimited PTO • Daily catered lunches in our San Francisco office • Equity and a company-wide bonus plan • Endless learning and development opportunities from a highly diverse and talented peer group