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Motional · 14 hours ago

Senior Engineer, Autonomy Foundations

positionPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level
money$172K/yr - $229K/yr
date5+ years exp

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop onboard and offboard pipelines for localization, mapping, and related software for their autonomous driving systems, contributing to the safety and functionality of their driving stack.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesFleet ManagementInformation TechnologySoftware
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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

C++Data pipelines designLocalizationSLAMMulti-object trackingKalman filtersFactor graphsLidarIMUCamera sensorsOdometry sensorsLinear algebraCommunication skillsTechnical leadershipTeam collaboration

Required

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

Preferred

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
Strong background in linear algebra
Masters/Phd in related fields

Benefits

Medical
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Health saving accounts
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And more

Company

Motional

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Motional offers an autonomous driving platform for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers.
dateFounded in 2020
location
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://motional.com

H1B Sponsorship

Motional has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (56)
2024 (111)
2023 (57)
2022 (110)
2021 (100)
2020 (7)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
2024-05-03Acquired
2024-03-15Seed

Leadership Team

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Laura Major
President and CEO
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Balajee Kannan
Vice President, Autonomy
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Recent News

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