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Principal Engineer

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Design and lead the implementation of behavior models that leverage the latest advancements in ... Motional's benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company ...

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Principal Technical Lead Manager

Pittsburgh, PA · On-site +1

$176K - $242K/yr

Motional is seeking a Principal Technical Lead Manager for its Web Visualization Tooling team. This ... Lead and grow the visualization engineering team * Ensure that our Data Products roadmap includes ...

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Principal Engineer Motion Planning

Pittsburgh, PA · On-site

$240K - $330K/yr

Motional is seeking a technical expert for its Planning team to define motion planning and control ... Lead the research and development of novel algorithms and sub-systems for motion planning in ...

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Fellow - Autonomy (Distinguished Engineer)

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Pittsburgh, PA • On-site

$271K - $373K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

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Job description

Motional is seeking a distinguished Machine Learning Engineer to join its Autonomy team in Behaviors. As a member of our team you will develop key features for our autonomous driving platform. In this role, you will apply machine learning to a mix of prediction, planning, and control problems. The candidate is required to have hands-on experience and deep knowledge in machine learning. Understanding of deep neural networks, autonomous vehicles, and domain adaptation is highly desirable. You should have strong research, SW development, communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills. 

What you'll be doing:

  • Researching, implementing, and evaluating deep-learning-based methods for prediction and planning for Motional's Autonomous Vehicle products.
  • Leading, Designing, running, and analyzing experiments and testing to evaluate the efficiency of our solutions on real-world data.
  • Partnering with system software engineering specialists to ship industrial strength ML models.
  • Communicating and collaborating with multi-functional teams.

What We're Looking For: 

  • BS/MS/PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, applied math, or related fields (or equivalent experience)
  • 15+ years of proven experience building ML systems for autonomous vehicles or similar robotics applications
  • Deep understanding of large language models (LLM) and transformers
  • Hands on experience building large scale production ML systems and deploying them at scale
  • Excellent leadership and track record for innovation to help us build the next generation of our ML based planning solutions
  • Experience with deep neural network (DNN) training, inference and optimization in leading frameworks (Pytorch, Tensorflow, TensorRT, etc.).
  • Excellent understanding of the mathematical foundations of machine learning and deep learning.

Bonus Points: 

  • Prior experience as a ML planning lead
  • Proven publication record in ML for planning, vision, or related fields
  • Prior experience building and deploying vision language action or chain of thought models


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
$271,000—$373,000 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.

Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.