Motional · 2 hours ago
Staff Embedded Software Engineer
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$172K/yr - $229K/yrMotional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. The Staff Embedded Software Engineer will design and develop infrastructure software for applications in self-driving vehicles, while providing technical mentorship and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesFleet ManagementInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Design and develop infrastructure software on various hardware platforms for applications such as vision processing, radar systems, safety monitoring, etc., to be run on self-driving vehicles
Design test harnesses for embedded software components and full systems
Provide technical mentorship to engineers
Proactively work with cross-functional engineering teams to solve complex and interesting problems
Qualification
Required
Experience with creating detailed requirements from use cases
Ability to lead a technical initiative, including breaking down work and guiding other engineers through execution
Experience writing software for embedded platforms in C and C++
Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Experience working on embedded Linux / RTOSs
Experience working with networks (Ethernet, CAN etc.) and the common networking protocols
Experience with debugging on embedded platforms
Experience writing software in Python and experience doing automation with shell scripting
Experience working with ARM Cortex MCUs or Microprocessors
Preferred
Experience working with large data pipelines, and platforms that require deterministic execution
Experience using inter-system communication protocols such as I2C and SPI
Experience deploying Machine Learning models
Experience working with GPUs
Experience working directly with the Linux kernel or Device Drivers
Experience with Simulation and Code Generation, and knowing when their use is appropriate
Experience working with Bazel
Experience integrating various sensors, including Cameras, IMUs, Radars, LIDARs
Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, and/or other ML frameworks
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401k with a company match
Health saving accounts
Life insurance
Pet insurance
And more
Company
Motional
Motional offers an autonomous driving platform for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers.
Founded in 2020
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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