Senior C++ Software Engineer - Cloud Apps (Embedded)

About the role

Motional is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead the development and deployment of its next-generation Robotaxi platform. The team builds distributed applications that run on the vehicle's edge computer, and the engineer will architect and build the applications that create a real-time Autonomous Vehicle-to-Cloud data pipeline supporting fleet monitoring, remote vehicle control and passenger safety systems. Beyond driving technology, the team also works on the passenger experience, such as in-cabin displays and communication with remote customer support.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement a robust, performance-critical data pipeline for cloud-vehicle interaction, with low latency and high reliability over cellular networks.
• Lead the design and development of in-vehicle software components for monitoring, dispatch and control from the cloud.
• Partner with product managers, cloud engineers and Operations teams to turn high-level goals into concrete system architectures.
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews and establish engineering best practices.
• Work with test engineering and operations teams to define validation strategies and ensure successful field adoption.

Required profile

• 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer.
• Proven track record of designing and optimizing multi-threaded, asynchronous systems where performance and memory management are critical.
• Experience taking complex features from concept to production, including design, implementation, testing and deployment.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, continuous delivery environment.

Required skills

• Deep expertise in modern C++ (11/14/17) on Linux platforms.
• Knowledge of data structures, algorithms and OS primitives.
• Experience with cloud-native services (AWS IoT Core, Azure IoT) for telemetry, remote command and control and secure over-the-air updates.
• Bonus points: distributed systems middleware (DDS, gRPC) and IoT protocols (MQTT, Protobuf); ARM-based embedded systems and cross-compilation; Python or Golang; leading projects in a globally distributed team.