Motional · 4 months ago
Senior Software Engineer, Next Gen Compute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$159K/yr - $207K/yrMotional is a driverless technology company focused on making autonomous vehicles a safe and reliable reality. The Senior Software Engineer in the Next Gen Compute team will enhance the compute performance of autonomous driving systems by working on ML model deployment and optimization, collaborating with experts, and improving the ML software stack.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesFleet ManagementInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Focus deeply on ML model deployment, integration of multiple ML models, and ML model optimization on embedded compute platforms
Dive deep into the full ML software stack. Analyze ML workload performance on a variety of hardware processors, optimize ML models, improve ML software, and help us continually improve our stack through the application of efficient and effective ML approaches
Design, develop, test, integrate, and optimize software and tools on a variety of ML compute architectures
Collaborate with deep learning experts in perception, prediction, and other autonomous driving application areas to enable algorithms on GPU, NPU, and other ML accelerator architectures
Optimize the utilization of GPU/NPU resources and sharing of GPU/NPU access across multiple programs running on the same system
Lead designs to determine the needs of the system and how to best meet those needs through continually improving our ML software stack
Advise peers and management on technical matters
Qualification
Required
Experience with machine learning accelerators, including GPUs, NPUs, TPUs, and their programming environments, including CUDA, TensorRT, or similar technologies
Strong experience with modern C++ development in a Linux environment
Experience with parallel and high-performance computing
Comfortable with experimentation and evaluating different options as we work towards finding solutions that work
A degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical or Electronic Engineering, or similar technical field of study, or you have equivalent knowledge gained through your practical experience
Preferred
Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, and/or other ML frameworks
Experience with embedded systems development for ARM-based system-on-chip architectures
Experience working in a MLOps or DevOps environment
Passion for self-driving technology and its potential for positive impact on the world
Benefits
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Company
Motional
Motional offers an autonomous driving platform for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers.
Founded in 2020
1001-5000 employees
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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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