Principal Autonomy Integration Engineer

Summary

Join Motional as a Principal Autonomy Integration Engineer and guide the development of autonomous system products. You will collaborate with various teams and leadership to define the company's strategic direction and lead key initiatives. Responsibilities include defining the vision and roadmap for autonomous systems, leading executive decision-making, synthesizing technical insights, securing support for roadmaps, building data infrastructure, delivering results across engineering teams, and identifying areas for team improvement. This role requires significant experience in robotics or similar industries, strong analytical and communication skills, and a master's degree in a relevant engineering field. Preferred qualifications include additional experience in robotics and product management. Motional offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, and more.

Requirements

• 6+ years of proven success as a technical contributor leading development in robotics or similar industries - at least 2 of which are within the autonomous vehicle industry
• Ability to generate crucial insights through quantitative and qualitative analysis
• In-depth knowledge of modern software development and machine learning engineering practices
• MS in electrical, computer, or robotics engineering or equivalent technical experience
• Outstanding communication skills: verbal and written, with engineers, non-technical partners, and executives
• Thrive in ambiguity, crafting simplicity and order
• Creativity and curiosity: you're driven to find novel solutions and push forward an entire industry

Responsibilities

• Work to define the vision, strategy and roadmap for functional areas of the autonomous system, as well as the markets we will launch in
• Lead executives and key partners through sophisticated decisions to drive progress toward our strategic goals
• Synthesize technical and analytical insights with product intuition to formulate compelling roadmap investments and adjust quickly to new information
• Secure commitment and support for your roadmap through detailed and thoughtful communication with engineering teams, key partners and executive leaders
• Work across the organization to create and maintain the data infrastructure needed to make decisions and do your job
• Consistently deliver results through coordinated execution across AV engineering teams in an applied research setting with significant experimentation
• Identify and lead improvements to the team's innovation and approach enabling us to scale our team and impact

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in robotics or similar industries
• Experience with highly technical product management
• Experience developing safety critical software

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k with a company match
• Health saving accounts
• Life insurance
• Pet insurance
• Bonus or company equity