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Senior Engineer - Autonomous Vehicle Performance

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Mission Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Engineer to play a critical role in evaluating and improving the performance of our autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. This position demands a strong technical understanding of Autonomous Vehicles, coupled with strong communication and presentation skills and the ability to coordinate and organize diverse organizations to achieve a single high value, high profile goal. A key focus of this role will be the demonstration of Motional’s AV technology to investors and partners. The ideal candidate will be passionate about autonomous vehicles and possess the technical acumen to understand AV performance and communicate what is happening on the road to both AV knowledgeable and other audiences.

What You’ll Be Doing

Evaluation of AV Performance Metrics: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including systems engineers, software engineers, AI scientists, control engineers, simulation engineers, and validation teams to understand what is happening with the AV in on road situations and determine what options are available to resolve those issues in both the short and long term.  Areas of performance will include things like lane change, oscillation and braking metrics.

Operational Coordination and Execution: Work with diverse teams across autonomy, operations and core engineering to understand AV performance in specific environments, under specific conditions for the purpose of evaluating options.  This will involve coordinating multiple teams and workstreams on a tight timeframe through multiple iterations.

Communicating with Executives: As part of the Motional process there will be multiple iterations of executive review where you will be required to communicate a range of information from technical performance, RCA, through to different execution options.  Presentations will need to be both factual and data driven along with providing insight of what the numbers mean.

Decisive Decision Making: Real time decision making of day to day events based on preparatory work and data analysis that can be leveraged to address environmental conditions that are experienced on any given day.

Implement Procedures and Practices: Design and Implement best practices for on road experience evaluation that can be followed and repeated by the engineering and operational teams.

Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Create clear and concise documentation for consumption by all parties involved in on road performance evaluation. Share knowledge and best practices with the wider operational and engineering teams.

Staying Current with AV Engineering Technologies: Continuously learn and evaluate new technologies and methodologies relevant to autonomous vehicles and data engineering.

What We're Looking For

  • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience working with autonomous solutions.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, or a related field. A Master's degree is a plus.
  • Strong statistics background and data analysis skills used to determine performance in complex environments.
  • The ability to understand complex technology stacks and how individual parts of the stack impact overall system performance.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in the context of complex system performance evaluation.
  • Executive presence such that you can work directly with the C suite, customers and investors.
  • Composed and thoughtful decision making in high pressure situations
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Strong attention to detail and a commitment to professional execution of all activities focusing on the quality and accuracy of data presented, the customer experience and Motionals progress as an AV company..
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, continuous delivery environment.

Bonus Points (not required)

  • Experience working with autonomous vehicle sensor data (e.g., LiDAR, camera, radar).
  • Familiarity with simulation environments and data generated from AV simulations.
  • Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Looker) for presenting performance metrics.
  • Knowledge of statistical analysis and machine learning techniques relevant to performance evaluation.
  • Experience with real-time data processing and streaming technologies.

Success Metrics

  • Successful design and execution of key autonomous vehicles on road experience evaluation.
  • Clear communication and expectation setting of the processes and execution of activities associated with on road experience activities.
  • Improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of AV performance evaluation processes.
  • Timely and accurate delivery of data and insights to executives and AV development teams associated with critical time sensitive on road performance.
  • Contribution to the overall advancement and safety of our autonomous vehicle technology.

This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact at Motional by supporting and accelerating development of our autonomous vehicle platform. We take pride in having some of the brightest and most dedicated talent in the world on our team. If you're innovative, driven, and eager to tackle challenges, we’d love to have you join us!

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

$115,500 - $174,500 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, Instagram and YouTube.

 

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