Motional · 15 hours ago
Principal Engineer
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$240K/yr - $330K/yr
7+ years expMotional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. The Principal Engineer will work on the Spatial Intelligence Team to lead computer vision-based mapping projects that enhance the capabilities of self-driving vehicles.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesFleet ManagementInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Define, lead and execute computer-vision based mapping projects that improve our self-driving vehicles’ capability to efficiently map roadways and localize itself using vehicle and remote sensing data
Develop methods to monitor changes to the environment and update maps accordingly
Integrate visual maps with LIDAR-derived maps to create consistent fused world maps
Productionize and deploy solutions onto autonomous vehicle fleets
Collaborate with LIDAR-based localization and mapping, and perception teams to improve our vehicle’s on-road performance
Qualification
Required
Experience developing software for geometric computer vision - geometric camera models, camera calibration, fundamental / essential matrices, the epipolar constraint, feature detection and matching, triangulation
Experience with visual simultaneous localization and mapping (VSLAM), structure from motion, visual-inertial SLAM, visual-inertial odometry, and large-scale bundle adjustment/factor graph optimization at scale
Proven track record of designing, developing and deploying 3D computer vision solutions for autonomous vehicles, augmented reality, robotics or related applications
Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent industry experience
7+ years of professional software engineering experience
Advanced knowledge of software engineering principles including software design, source control management, build processes, code reviews, testing methods
Extensive experience in metrics design and metrics driven technology development
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong programming skills in C++
Proven track record of publications in relevant conferences (CVPR, ICML, NeurIPS, ICCV, WACV, AAAI, ICL, etc.)
Preferred
Experience with multi-modality, multi-sensor fusion-based mapping, e.g. visual + LIDAR-based mapping
Remote sensing experience including geospatial coordinate frames, RPC camera models
Strong python programming skills
Experience training ML models using Pytorch or other libraries
Benefits
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Company
Motional
Motional offers an autonomous driving platform for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers.
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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