Base Salary
$172k - $229k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and test algorithms for trajectory synthesis and trajectory selection across asynchronous generation sources.
- Develop evasive maneuver planning algorithms with low-level control systems for collision avoidance.
- Evaluate perception sensor modalities for identifying safety-critical scenarios.
- Build testing and analysis tooling for isolated and system-level safety-layer evaluation.
- Validate and improve dynamic simulation environments against real-world data.
- Define and implement performance, comfort, and safety metrics and analyze fleet-wide vehicle data.
- Support root-cause analysis of simulation, closed-course, and public-road events from a motion planning and safety perspective.
- Travel to Motional and partner deployment and test-track locations for in-person vehicle testing, typically once every 4 to 6 months.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of industrial experience developing motion planning and collision avoidance algorithms or components.
- Strong modern C++ programming experience, including C++17 and C++20, focused on high-performance and reliable systems.
- Experience with trajectory generation using numerical optimization and sampling-based approaches, trajectory selection using cost and heuristic methods, multi-modal prediction models, collision detection, time-series data processing, and data visualization.
- Familiarity with dynamic collision modeling, convex set processing, state machine logic, and multi-rate decision-making.
- Familiarity with Linux-based operating systems and agentic-based development tooling.
- MS or PhD preferred in control theory, robotics, computer science, applied mathematics, or a related field.
- Preferred experience includes machine learning, vehicle dynamics modeling, SQL-based queries, Python, GitLab, Bazel, VSCode, CLion, and autonomous-vehicle simulation tooling.
- Publications in robotics, controls, or autonomous-driving conferences or journals are a bonus.
Benefits
- Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, health savings accounts, life insurance, and pet insurance.
- The role includes periodic travel for in-person vehicle testing, typically once every 4 to 6 months.
About Motional
Motional is an autonomous vehicle technology company on a mission to make driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. The company formed in 2020 and is majority-owned by Hyundai Motor Group, one of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers. Motional has extensive experience in commercial robotaxi operations, with service currently available on the Uber network in Las Vegas and plans for driverless operations by the end of 2026. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S. and Singapore. To explore our current openings, please visit our careers page at motional.com/careers. Please be alert for job recruitment scams, including fraudulent job postings, offers, and communications by individuals or entities purporting to be affiliated with Motional. All of our third party job postings link back to our motional.com/careers page. Need assistance? If you have questions or want to report suspicious activity, send us a direct message - we’re here to help.