Engineering Manager, Hayden AI
State Estimation
$220-270k
+ Equity + Company-wide bonus plan
AI-powered smart traffic enforcement platform
Open for applications
AI-powered smart traffic enforcement platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$220-270k
+ Equity + Company-wide bonus plan
101-200 employees
Company mission
To harness the power of computer vision to transform the way transit systems and other government agencies address real-world challenges.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- Strong track record of technical execution combined with leadership and team-building skills
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, research, and product functions
- Experience in technology transfer and delivering research innovations into production systems
Desirable
- Demonstrated success deploying SLAM/VIO estimators in real-world applications
- Experience with multi-sensor systems, including GPS, IMU, camera, and wheel odometry
- Exposure to integrating deep learning with classical state estimation approaches
- Strong record of published research or contributions to the robotics and computer vision community
- Experience scaling and leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams
What the job involves
- The Engineering Manager, State Estimation will lead a high-performing team focused on developing advanced mapping, localization, and SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) solutions for embedded camera systems
- You will oversee the research, development, and deployment of large-scale mapping and localization solutions, while shaping the technical roadmap and ensuring successful collaboration across device, cloud, and applied AI teams
- Build, mentor, and manage a team of engineers developing state-of-the-art mapping, localization, and SLAM algorithms
- Set technical direction and project priorities, aligning them with broader 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, while ensuring 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, ensuring technical excellence and scalability
- Lead recruitment, hiring, and performance management to grow a world-class engineering team
Our take
Cities around the world are dealing with clogged bus lanes, blocked stops, and traffic violations that slow down public transit and put people at risk. It's a huge problem that most cities face, but one that's often hard to monitor or enforce effectively.
Hayden AI is tackling this problem with its smart, bus-mounted cameras powered by AI. They automatically detect when vehicles block bus lanes or stops, helping cities gather real-time data and tacke action to imprvoe safety and traffic flow. Already in use in cities like New York, LA, and now Barcelona and Braga, it's a neat idea and one that's keeping buses moving and riders safe.
Its work is more than just ticketing, it's about making cities smarter, greener, and safer for everyone and its been making big moves. It just wrapped up its pilot in Portugal that revealed nearly 8,000 violations in just three months, and launched the largest automated enforcement project in Europe in Barcelona. With over $193M raised, the company is certainly growing fast and turning head in the govtech space.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2022
$4m
LATE VC
Sep 2020
$35m
SERIES B
Total funding: $52.8m
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Vaibhav Ghadiok
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously a Robotics Engineer at Nixie Labs, Head of Mapping at NAUTO, and Navigation & Perception Lead at Visible Sensors.
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