Director of Autonomy

WHO WE ARE

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com http://www.aerovect.com.

We are hiring a Director of Autonomy to lead our autonomy organization end-to-end. You will manage the entire autonomy team (Perception, Prediction, Planning, Controls, and Localization), own the technical direction across the stack, and be accountable for both the technical roadmap and the team that delivers it. You will report directly to the VP of Engineering.

This is a hands-on leadership role. We are looking for a leader who is excellent both at the systems level and at execution — someone with deep technical credibility who is also strong at managing, hiring, and scaling an autonomy organization.

YOU WILL

Own the entire autonomy stack — Perception, Prediction, Planning, Controls, and Localization — end-to-end, technically and organizationally.

- Technical strategy. Set and own the multi-year technical roadmap for the autonomy stack, including the long-term architectural direction across modular and end-to-end approaches.

- Team and execution. Manage the autonomy team across all modules. Build the org structure, hire the senior talent, run the operating cadence, and be accountable for delivery against the company's autonomy roadmap.

- Cross-functional ownership. Be the primary autonomy interface to Systems, Safety, Platform, Hardware, Simulation, and Product. Own the trade-offs that span the boundary between autonomy and the rest of the company.

- Stay technical. This is not a hands-off leadership role. You are expected to be in design reviews, to push back on technical decisions with substance, and to credibly debug th...