Motional

Motional

Staff Motion Planning Engineer - Trajectory Generation

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$205k-$273kDetected 7 days ago
PythonC++AlgorithmsCI/CDData AnalysisRoadmappingRoboticsElectrical EngineeringResearchLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • If you are passionate about autonomous driving, thrive on solving challenging motion planning problems, and are eager to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving field, we want to hear from you.
  • Salary Range $205,000 - $272,500 USD Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.
  • Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Technical Leadership: Define, justify, and navigate complex system trade-offs and highly technical concepts to engineering peers and executive leadership to drive critical platform-level decisions.
  • Cross-Functional Orchestration: Lead architectural co-design and alignment with adjacent teams working on decision/behavior planning, prediction, and vehicle control to build comprehensive, integrated, and safety-critical solutions.
  • Proven Technical Ownership: A distinct track record of defining, scaling, and leading large-scale technical development initiatives from initial problem formulation through algorithm design, validation, and on-vehicle production implementation.
  • We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect.
  • To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads.
  • We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization.
  • We aren't just developing driverless cars
  • Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet.

Requirements

  • Extensive Production Experience: 5+ years (or equivalent expert level) of production-grade C++ software development, with a proven track record in real-time, low-latency, or safety-critical applications.
  • Motion Planning & Control: Deep, domain-expert experience with Model Predictive Control (MPC), motion planning architectures, planning under uncertainty, vehicle dynamics/control, and closed-loop simulation environments.
  • Solver Optimization Expertise: Extensive experience deploying, customizing, and scaling numerical optimization solvers (e.g., IPOPT, Gurobi, OSQP, CasADi) within real-time embedded environments.
  • Deep, domain-expert experience with Model Predictive Control (MPC), motion planning architectures, planning under uncertainty, vehicle dynamics/control, and closed-loop simulation environments.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Compensation

  • $205,000 - $272,500 USD
  • The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs.
  • The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only.

Benefits

  • Strong knowledge of Python for simulation, data analysis, or rapid prototyping is considered a bonus
  • Educational Background: Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity.
  • The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
  • Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional's benefits program.
  • Motional's benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Company info

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