Senior Engineer, Autonomy Foundations

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Boston, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Remote U.S. Only

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop onboard and offboard pipelines for localization, mapping and related software for our autonomous driving systems. This is a critical, high-impact role on our Localization team, which is central to the safety and functionality of our autonomous driving stack. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying robust, real-time C++ software for both onboard and offboard localization, mapping and related pipelines.

Additionally, you will contribute to the design, validation, and productionalization of our Collision Detection System.

The onboard systems must be highly optimized to run in real time; the offboard pipelines are crucial for the validation of the onboard performance. Your work will be at the heart of the entire AV system.

• Drive the end-to-end design, implementation, and testing of high-performance C++ software for our onboard and offboard localization and localization-related pipelines.
• Conduct code reviews and guide junior team members on code quality, correctness and efficiency.
• Work with the mapping team to establish the API for localization-mapping interaction.
• Provide technical leadership across the organization in the areas of code quality and design.
• Collaborate with the team of algorithm experts within perception, motion planning and controls.

• Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of production-focused C++ software development experience.
• Ability to communicate across multiple teams, researchers and engineers.

• Good understanding of localization, SLAM and optimization.
• Experience with multi-object tracking, Kalman filters, and factor graphs.
• Familiarity with Lidar, IMU, camera, and odometry sensors.
• Masters/Ph.D. in related fields.

We encourage a hybrid schedule with in-office time at one of our locations in Boston, Pittsburgh, or Las Vegas to support collaboration, or this role can be fully remote.

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, 401(k) with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Salary Range: $172,000 — $229,000 USD

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