Principal Software Team Lead, On-Vehicle Visualization & Tools

Summary

Join Motional's On-Vehicle Visualization & Tools Team as a technical leader, responsible for designing, implementing, and improving visualization and log playback tooling for self-driving vehicles. You will lead a team, collaborate with cross-functional groups, and define technical strategies. The role requires 5+ years of software development experience and 3+ years leading teams. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required. The team develops tools used by autonomy developers and operations teams, working closely with various software and R&D teams. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• You’re able to leverage insights to effectively manage geographically dispersed teams
• 5+ years professional experience in software development
• 3+ years professional experience leading software development teams
• Experience with Linux and scripting languages (Bash/Shell, Python)
• Experience in using issue tracking and configuration management tools (Atlassian Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket, Git)
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and ability to think logically and remove bias from evaluation of problems
• High level of accuracy and attention to details
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and analytical skills
• Desire to work in a fast-paced startup environment
• Flexible schedule and willing to attend evening/night meetings
• Basic understanding of robotics systems including sensors, actuators, mechanical and software systems
• Bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering, such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or equivalent knowledge and work experience

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the team
• Be responsible for the professional growth of your team members
• Collaborate with customer teams to develop tool roadmaps
• Define technical strategy and tooling solutions supporting autonomy, software test and system validation customer teams
• Lead cross functional initiatives building comprehensive testing solutions
• Collaborate with designers, autonomy engineers, cloud engineers
• Assisting Developers, Test Engineers, simulation designers, and Vehicle Operators

Preferred Qualifications

• Good understanding of robotics systems including sensors, actuators, mechatronics and software systems
• Experience with autonomous driving, robotics systems or other distributed systems
• Experience with building automated tests, test automation frameworks, tools, and/or infrastructure
• Experience with integration of automated test scripts with DevOps CI/CD pipeline
• Experience in technical writing, technical drawings and documentation of mechatronics systems is preferred
• Experience with testing of ADAS subsystems and self-driving features
• SW/HW/system integration tests and building benches
• Data visualization, database manipulation using Python
• Experience working with Jenkins (or other CI system)
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix environment
• Familiarity with Docker

Benefits

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