Principal Software Engineer, Advanced Projects
Mission Summary
Motional’s CORE team is responsible for our vehicle’s Compute and Onboard Runtime Environment. We are creating a world leading AI compute platform for autonomous vehicles.
The Advanced Technologies team is part of CORE’S Compute team. We work at the intersection of software engineering, machine learning, sensors, and hardware compute platforms to evolve Motional’s on-board vehicle architecture. We conduct applied research into the latest advances in these AV technologies, influencing future platform design choices through developing working prototypes and proofs-of-concept, and taking them through to production.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Principal Software Engineer in the CORE Advanced Technologies team, you will work with us on the next generation of our autonomous vehicle platform. You will influence what technologies we need to use, and how best to use them to achieve our goal of creating a fully-autonomous vehicle. You will work with cross-functional teams of engineers and researchers to deliver the future of autonomous vehicle (AV) development.
Specifically, you will:
- Facilitate and lead in full lifecycle development from idea to proofs-of-concept to production.
- Design, develop, test, integrate, and optimize software and tools on a variety of ML compute architectures.
- Participate in shaping our future frameworks and APIs that provide access to sensors, mapping data, health monitoring, configuration management, data storage, and other vehicle platform subsystems.
- Lead designs and work together with peer teams to determine the needs of the system and how to best meet those needs with a robust infrastructure.
- Conduct code and design reviews for work done by peers, advise on technical matters, and mentor engineers.
- Define and execute on technical roadmaps, making appropriate tradeoffs between longer-term strategic goals and near-term tactical goals.
- Enable collaboration across multiple teams to deliver on cross-team initiatives.
What We’re Looking For
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience in a product environment.
- Proficiency in object-oriented development with C++ and Python and their associated software ecosystems.
- Industry experience developing software in a Linux environment.
- Curious and passionate about a wide range of technology topics including, but not limited to, software development, systems, machine learning, neural networks, sensors, microarchitectures, middleware, operating systems, sensors, safety, and security.
- Industry experience with modern software engineering principles and practices including software design, source control management, build processes, continuous integration, code reviews, automation, and testing methods.
- Comfortable working in an evolving environment, experimenting with and evaluating different options as we work towards finding solutions.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent professional experience in a similar field.
Bonus Points (not essential)
- Experience with distributed systems development, middleware development, embedded software.
- Familiar with an MLOps or DevOps environment.
- Experience with developing software for ARM platforms.
- Knowledge of ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or ONNX.
- Experience with device drivers, particularly for sensors and embedded systems.
- Developing software for different computing architectures such as DSP, GPU, NPU, SoCs and their associated hardware computing platforms.
- Experience with a variety of networking and communication technologies and protocols.
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.
Salary Range
$210,000—$281,100 USD
Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We’re driven by something more.
Our journey is always people first.
We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.
Higher purpose, greater impact.
We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.
Scale up, not starting up.
Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.
Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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