Motional · 2 weeks ago
Senior Motion Planning Engineer, Dev Tooling
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$146K/yr - $225K/yr
5+ years expMotional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. They are seeking a Senior Motion Planning Engineer to develop and implement tooling and testing solutions for the Motion Planner stack, ensuring high-quality production-ready code and fostering collaboration with users to address their needs.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesFleet ManagementInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Develop and implement robust tooling and testing solutions for the Motion Planner stack, ensuring code is production ready, well documented and thoroughly tested
Continuously improve the system's design to promote modularity and expandability, making it easier to adapt and extend in the future
Work closely with users to understand their requirements, identify any pain points, and deliver impactful solutions
Provide ongoing support for issues reported by users. Assess and prioritize the criticality of these issues, distinguishing between blocking problems and desirable feature requests
Take ownership of specific components and drive their technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with overall project goals
Support team members to improve development practices, merge request reviews, debugging, and ideation sessions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's, Masters, or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
5+ years of software development in modern C++ (C++17 or higher) including:
C++ Standard library
Modern features of language (C++17 or higher)
Build systems (Bazel framework is a plus)
Debugging - especially with gdb
Solid software engineering foundations, design patterns, algorithms and data structures
Experience with multi-threading in C++
Design patterns
Algorithms and data structures
Multi-threaded applications
Testing
Preferred
Experience and passion for building testing and debugging tools
Bazel build system
Knowledge of Python or Javascript
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401k with a company match
Health saving accounts
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Company
Motional
Motional offers an autonomous driving platform for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2024-05-03Acquired
2024-03-15Seed
Leadership Team
Laura Major
President and CEO
Balajee Kannan
Vice President, Autonomy
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