Autonomy Release Engineer II

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 our innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology that literally reimagines the way AVs think. Our vehicles do more than just drive themselves - they provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. We’re building the world’s best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant and livable spaces. Since our founding in 2017, we’ve given more than 500,000 autonomous rides to real people around the globe. And we’re just getting started. We’re hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real-world problems and seeing the impact of their work. Join us. May’s Autonomous Release Engineers are front line problem solvers that get things done. They have the initiative, experience, and technical skill to be able to solve problems delegated to them without oversight.  Confidence backed by knowledge and experience is a must. This role sits at the intersection of: Release execution & CI/CD Autonomy system integration & debugging Validation, simulation, and safety gating You will ensure not only that software is releasable, but that it is safe, well-understood, and performs reliably in real-world conditions. As an Autonomous Release Engineer, you will contribute to solving challenging and complex problems facing vehicle autonomy — building the tools, instrumentation, and processes that make releases faster, safer, and more confident. Autonomous Release Engineers are responsible for the integrated functioning of the autonomy system. Release Engineers interact with sensor hardware, middleware, autonomy software stack, networking, health monitoring, compute platforms, and electronic systems. A key part of this role is building and improving the tooling and automation that supports release validation, readiness assessment, and system health monitoring. You will be a go-to person for understanding how new features fit in, how the system might fail, and how to keep the system working reliably. This is a hands-on, systems-oriented role requiring strong technical judgment and a builder's mindset. You are expected to actively challenge release readiness when necessary and act as a safeguard for system quality — not just execute process. You will play a key role in scaling release cadence without compromising safety, partnering closely with autonomy, infrastructure, engineering, validation, and operations teams. This position reports to the Sr. Manager, Autonomy Technical Release. Essential Responsibilities Release ownership and execution across major autonomy releases, incremental/performance releases, and hotfix/safety patches Manage branching strategy, versioning, and release cut processes Drive release readiness and go/no-go decisions in partnership with cross-functional teams Design, build, and maintain internal tooling to support: Release readiness dashboards and automated health checks Simulation corpus integration and regression tracking Release metrics collection, reporting, and visualization Automated validation signal aggregation across sim, HIL, and on-road testing Investigate and resolve complex issues arising from software/hardware interactions, distributed systems behavior, and on-vehicle vs. simulation discrepancies Develop working understanding of sensor stack, middleware, autonomy stack, compute platforms, networking, and vehicle configurations Enforce stage-gated release framework: Feature Complete → Code Freeze → Validation → Release Candidate Integrate and interpret validation signals including simulation corpus results, regression testing, and vehicle testing Ensure safety-critical issues are identified, tracked, and gated appropriately Identify opportunities to improve system robustness, performance, and scalability — and build tooling to measure and track improvements Support autonomy engineers in designing and integrating their components with the full May system Contribute to and help maintain the team's knowledge base, runbooks, and release documentation Skills and Abilities Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills — comfortable reasoning about complex, multi-component systems Proficient in Python for scripting, automation, and tool development Familiarity with data pipelines, metrics collection, and visualization tools (e.g. Plotly Dash, Tableau, AWS QuickSight, or similar) Ability to read and interpret logs, telemetry, and system health signals to identify root cause Comfort working across hardware and software boundaries Strong written and verbal communication — able to translate techni