Motional

Motional

Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Actions Sustaining

Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$172k-$229kDetected 28 days ago
C++GitCI/CDJiraConfluenceRoboticsCollaboration

About the role

  • You will play a pivotal role in resolving issues that will help accelerate the growth of our autonomous capabilities.
  • What you'll be doing: - Technical Discovery: Deep-dive into complex issues within the Planning and Controls stack reported by the triage team.
  • Salary Range $172,000 - $229,000 USD Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.

Responsibilities

  • Accelerated Resolutions: Own the deployment of software fixes. When a business need arises for an immediate solution, you will lead the development, testing, and deployment.
  • Tooling & Automation: Identify improvements in existing workflows. You will develop internal tooling and scripts to expedite log analysis, automate common patterns, and improve the efficiency of the entire team.
  • Own the deployment of software fixes.
  • When a business need arises for an immediate solution, you will lead the development, testing, and deployment.
  • You will develop internal tooling and scripts to expedite log analysis, automate common patterns, and improve the efficiency of the entire team.

Nice to have

  • Experience in Jira, Confluence and Gitlab
  • Background in robotics middleware (ROS, DDS) or autonomous systems.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
  • A Master's or Ph.D. is preferred
  • 3+ years of C++ software development proficiency, with a focus on building high-performance and resilient systems.
  • Comfortable navigating and contributing to large, complex codebases where modularity and documentation are key.
  • Proven track record of delivering software in a production environment, including familiarity with CI/CD, version control at scale, and rigorous release cycles.
  • Passionate about a driverless future and understand the high stakes of deploying software that interacts with the physical world.

Compensation

  • $172,000 - $229,000 USD
  • Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We're driven by something more.
  • Our journey is always people first.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • Bonus Points(not required):
  • 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

  • We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Actions Sustaining Team to diagnose, develop and deploy solutions to solve the immediate challenges facing our deployed autonomous software.

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