Jon Bonte
Director of Engineering @ Stack AV | Autonomous Vehicles | Physical AI/ML Compute
- Role
- Director of Engineering at Stack AV
- Location
- Detroit, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jon Bonte
Seasoned engineering leader focused on scaling into broader executive leadership across autonomy, robotics, and humanoid AI; leading multi-disciplinary teams building safety-critical compute and electronics platforms to embody physical AI.Has extensive experience leading cross-functional teams in the development and commercialization of advanced electronic systems across aerospace, automotive, defense, medical, and autonomous robotics sectors. Adept at guiding organizations through the entire product lifecycle, aligning technical strategies with business objectives, leading, and coaching high performance teams. Has a proven track record of collaborating and reporting to C-suite executives.
Experience
Director of Engineering
May 2023 — Present · Detroit, MI, US
Director of engineering at an exciting new L4 Autonomous Trucking company. Responsible for leading the development of novel solutions to acheive scaled AI/ML autonomous vehicles in the field.**Same founding team as Argo AI**• Architected a novel L4 autonomous vehicle hardware platform that reduced unit cost by 66% over previous generations, with my team designing the system, testing, and securing suppliers under contract for production in less than 9 months.• Oversaw programs responsible for integrating autonomous systems into OEM vehicles within 18 months of company founding while managing relationships with ~50 Tier 1/Tier 2 electronics suppliers.• Drove SoC/AI/ML compute selection and strategic partnerships with AI/ML compute providers, including architecting an ASIL-D, fail-safe compute system and an H100-based autonomy compute cluster for simulation, CI, and AI training.• Drives architectural decisions for sensors, high-performance compute, and networking, working with leading silicon and electronics suppliers in the autonomy ecosystem.
Education
Czech Technical University in Prague
Computer Engineering
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering
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