Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. The Principal Engineer, Team Lead for the Behaviors team will define and execute motion planning and prediction projects, lead a team of engineers, and collaborate with various teams to enhance the performance of self-driving vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute motion planning and prediction projects that improve our self-driving vehicles’ capability to safely, comfortably and legally navigate complex traffic scenarios
• Lead, manage and grow a team of engineers
• Design and lead the implementation of behavior models that leverage the latest advancements in machine learning, generative AI and reinforcement learning
• Productionize and deploy solutions onto autonomous vehicle fleets
• Collaborate with perception, simulation, data platform and integration teams to validate and enhance your products’ on-road performance
• Communicate strategies, progress and challenges to executive leadership

Skills

• Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent industry experience
• Proven leadership skills at executing large, complex technical initiatives
• Extensive experience managing and leading engineers
• Experience with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
• Fluency in Python, including standard scientific computing libraries
• Proven track record of designing, developing and deploying ML solutions for autonomous vehicles or robotics
• Advanced knowledge of software engineering principles including software design, source control management, build processes, code reviews, testing methods
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience with embedded systems and real-time optimization, especially in the autonomous driving industry
• Experience with state of the art generative AI, and/or reinforcement learning, paradigms
• Proven track record of publications in relevant conferences (CVPR, ICML, NeurIPS, ICCV, ICL, etc.)
• Strong programming skills in C++ and/or CUDA programming

Benefits

• 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.

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