MOTOR AI

Lead Software Engineer (m/f/d) Perception & Autonomous Systems

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3 months ago
Berlin, GermanyStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Set the technical direction, architecture, engineering standards, and roadmap for the Perception & Autonomous Systems team.
  • Remain approximately 50% hands-on by implementing software, conducting code reviews, and contributing to critical design decisions.
  • Drive the computer vision stack using classical computer vision techniques and CPU/CUDA-based processing pipelines.
  • Guide machine learning model integration, inference pipelines, quantization, runtime optimization, deployment, and training workflows.
  • Shape the autonomous vehicle software architecture, including SOTIF considerations.
  • Mentor engineers, coordinate with adjacent teams, and provide technical leadership across design and implementation decisions.
  • Participate in field testing, experimental validation, and other activities supporting Level 4 autonomous technology.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, or a related technical discipline.
  • At least eight years of professional experience in modern C++ software development for high-performance or real-time systems.
  • At least eight years of experience in Machine Learning Engineering, Computer Vision, or deploying machine learning models in production environments.
  • Several years of experience in Data Engineering or designing scalable data processing pipelines.
  • Proven technical leadership experience, including setting architecture direction, mentoring engineers, and driving cross-functional alignment while remaining hands-on.
  • Strong expertise in modern C++, software architecture, ROS2, and performance optimization, with solid knowledge of classical computer vision and image processing.
  • Experience with CUDA, GPU programming, MLOps, and inference optimization frameworks such as TensorRT or ONNX Runtime is advantageous.
  • Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills and the ability to guide an interdisciplinary engineering team.
  • Fluent English is required; German knowledge is advantageous.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours.
  • Corporate Benefits partner discounts.
  • Subsidy for public transport tickets.
  • Employer-covered further education and training.
  • Attractive Wedding location with strong public transport connections.
  • Face-to-face collaboration at new premises; the company is not fully remote.
  • Diverse, international, team-oriented working environment focused on socially relevant autonomous mobility solutions.

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