Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Actions Sustaining

About the role

Motional is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join its Planning, Motion and Controls team. You will develop and maintain simulation and analysis tools that speed up development of the autonomy stack behavior and enable automated root cause analysis. The role suits a self-motivated person with a strong software development background who wants to contribute to autonomous driving technology.

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop efficient, user-friendly tools supporting the development of autonomy technology
• Build local or cloud-based execution runners that let engineers modify parameters (cost weights, distance thresholds, safety margins) and rerun the autonomy stack against a recorded log to see behavioral changes instantly
• Build GUI debuggers and web-based or native 2D/3D visualizers that ingest logged perception, prediction and planning frames, allowing frame-by-frame stepping and inspection of decision logic
• Work with planning and controls engineers to understand their needs for simulation and analysis tools
• Continuously improve and optimize the tools' performance and functionality
• Listen to the pain points of Autonomy engineers and build robust solutions

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field
• At least 5 years of experience in software development and testing, preferably in the automotive or gaming industry
• Comfortable working in large, complex codebases where modularity and documentation matter
• Passion for a driverless future and awareness of the high stakes of software interacting with the physical world

Required skills

• C++ for native tool development and high-performance bindings with the autonomy stack
• Python for scripting and backend tooling
• Bonus points: game engine development, planning and control systems, performance optimization with high-throughput data, Qt development