About Us

At Hayden AI we are on a mission to harness the power of computer vision to transform the way transit systems and other government agencies address real-world challenges.

From bus lane and bus stop enforcement to transportation optimization technologies and beyond our innovative mobile perception system empowers our clients to accelerate transit enhance street safety and drive toward a sustainable future.

What the job involves

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Perception team you will be a key technical leader defining and driving the long-term vision and architecture for our perception systems in forthcoming pilots directly influencing Haydens mission and roadmap for business expansion.

This role requires deep expertise in computer vision and/or robotics algorithms that are deployed on the edge/cloud. You will be responsible for setting the technical direction and standards for the team architecting complex scalable and robust end-to-end perception and robotics systems for deployment on real-world hardware and ensuring their successful integration into Haydens core product platform.

This is a C software engineering position demanding both hands-on technical mastery and significant architectural and systems leadership. You will operate with complete technical ownership over major system components mentoring junior and senior engineers driving complex cross-functional initiatives and making critical trade-off decisions that balance bleeding-edge innovation system reliability performance and long-term maintainability across the entire Perception stack.

Responsibilities:

• Spearhead the architectural design implementation and long-term ownership of next-generation perception systems ensuring seamless transition from research prototypes to robust scalable production solutions.

• Champion best practices in software development delivering high-performance meticulously tested and maintainable C code optimized for heterogeneous edge and robotics computing platforms.

• Architect and optimize high-throughput real-time perception pipelines setting the technical direction for advanced techniques in object detection tracking and sophisticated sensor fusion

• Drive the strategic selection adaptation and integration of state-of-the-art Machine Learning (ML) and Computer Vision (CV) models including the development of novel proprietary models tailored to complex large-scale Hayden-specific problems.

• Provide technical leadership in highly ambiguous and complex problem domains defining the technical roadmap and consistently striking the optimal balance between rapid iteration for R&D and the rigorous requirements for productization and scale.

• Act as a key technical liaison collaborating strategically with Product leadership and setting technical standards across cross-functional Engineering organizations.

• Define and significantly contribute to foundational shared infrastructure tooling and architectural patterns scaling pilot initiatives into core mission-critical product capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science Electrical Engineering Robotics or a related field.

• 10 years of relevant experience in building and deploying perception systems; experience in automotive or robotics domains is a plus.

• Deep expertise in one or more of: robotics state estimation computer vision or applied machine learning.

• Extensive experience leading large complex production-grade systems end-to-end.

• Expert-level proficiency in modern C including experience with real-time and/or embedded systems.

• Proven track record of technical leadership and architectural ownership across multiple projects or teams.

• Experience scaling systems from prototype to production in ambiguous fast-moving environments.

• Strong ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across teams.

• Demonstrated mentorship and ability to raise the bar for engineering quality across an organization.

Required Experience:

Staff IC