The Prediction team at Motional uses the latest transformer and graph attention architectures to predict the behaviors of surrounding road users and generate possible trajectories for our self-driving vehicle.
At Motional, you will have the opportunity to work with world-class ML engineers and research scientists, whose mission is to make self-driving vehicles a reality and to create positive social impacts. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about robotics and autonomous driving, excited by intellectual challenges, and interested in pursuing career growth with a fast-growing company.
What You’ll Be Doing:
You will drive R&D initiatives to make our autonomous vehicles operate at high levels of safety and comfort. On a daily basis, you will:
- Design and iterate on the latest deep learning architectures for scene understanding and behavioral prediction
- Perform deep analysis of our extensive self-driving datasets to ensure critical data is well represented in our model training.
- Work with adjacent perception, planning, and mapping teams to ensure our behavioral models integrate seamlessly into the entire AV stack.
- Collaborate with our inference acceleration engineers to ensure model deployment remains fast and scalable to future vehicle platforms.
- Work with our evaluation and systems engineering teams to test model releases on critical driving behaviors, both in simulation and on the roa.d
- Help create and reinforce a culture of inclusion, innovation, and excellence.
Senior Engineer:
- Develop a variety of deep learning algorithms for scene encoding and behavior prediction, with code contributions in both Python and C++
- Lead and maintain efficient training and testing pipelines to optimize end-to-end deployment time.
- Deploy solutions directly to our autonomous vehicles and work with partner teams to analyze their impact.
- Drive goal achievement for the prediction team consistently
Principal Engineer:
- Define technical roadmap for cutting-edge prediction and scene encoding systems, primarily using machine learning.
- Lead cross-team efforts and serve as a lead engineer directly responsible for landing large, multi-quarter initiatives involving the work of several engineers.
- Contribute toward building a high-performing team, serving as a role model to those around you in at least one technical area and one behavioral area.
- Provide a vision for not only our team but surrounding teams as well
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree preferred in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience designing, training, analyzing, and deploying neural networks with PyTorch or other modern deep learning frameworks
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Prior experience in autonomous vehicles or related robotics field
- Experience owning and leading technical development on features from problem formulation through implementation, testing, and real-world deployment
Senior Engineer:
- 3+ years of software development experience
- 2+ years of Deep Learning product development experience preferred
- 1+ years of C++ software development experience preferred
- Strong track record of tackling less well-defined problems, and executing efficiently to deliver the successful outcome
- Experience mentoring and collaborating with others
Principal Engineer:
- 7+ years of software development experience
- 4+ years of Deep Learning product development experience preferred
- 2+ years of C++ software development experience preferred
- Effectiveness at leading and executing large, complex technical initiatives
- Strong track record of tackling ambiguous problems, creating clarity from it, and driving it to successful outcomes
Bonus Points
- Publications in relevant conferences (CVPR, ICML, NeurIPS, ICCV, CoRL, IROS, ICRA, etc.)
- Strong programming skills in C++ and/or CUDA programming
This opportunity can support remote work within the United States, with occasional travel.
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
$146,600—$266,500 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, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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What We Do
Our team is commercializing a world-class driverless system. The Motional team is behind some of the industry’s largest leaps forward in the last decade, 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 most-established public robotaxi fleet. Strategically formed by Hyundai Motor Group, one of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers offering smart mobility solutions, and Aptiv, a global technology leader in advanced safety, electrification, and vehicle connectivity, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives.
Why Work With Us
Our leadership team has been working in this industry for decades and includes renown early innovators in driverless technology. We are creating a future where transportation is safe, reliable, and accessible. Join our team in revolutionizing the industry that will change how the world moves.
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