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Director Machine Learning

Motional
Pittsburgh, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/28/2025

We are seeking a talented Director of Perception with hands on expertise developing perception capabilities for mobile robotics or autonomous vehicles. The ideal candidate will be a software expert who has overseen a process from R&D phase through product shipment and has a passion for leading teams and developing real-world solutions. Specifically, this individual should have experience in real time perception algorithms, especially for unstructured scenes, such as public road driving and active safety (ADAS) systems. In this role, you will be responsible for developing the Perception technical roadmap, leading a global team of talented research scientists and software engineers, collaborating with technical leadership in other areas such as Planning, System Architecture, and Sensors and ultimately delivering solutions for our autonomous driving system.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Build software for self-driving cars by leading, managing, and growing a team of 35 perception engineers and scientists.
  • Take responsibility for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects. Provide the team with technical leadership and contribute technically to projects.

What We're Looking For

  • Extensive experience in multi-modal perception and vision development
  • Expertise implementing vision & perception algorithms and deploying on real-world systems
  • Experience building & leading engineering teams
  • Ph.D. or M.S. in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering, or a related field
  • Deep expertise in one of the following fields and excellent knowledge in others: sensor fusion, probabilistic perception, object tracking, computer vision, machine learning.
  • Knowledge of Linux, and development on Linux systems
  • Experience working on robot and/or automotive and/or aerospace
  • Significant hands-on technical leadership and engineering management experience.
  • Track record of delivering complex technical projects.

Motional offers a performance bonus up to 30% and this position will receive a new hire equity grant made up of RSU's.


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.

Higher purpose, greater impact.

We're creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. 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. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it's not only good for our business, it's the right thing to do.

Scale up, not starting up.

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. We're driven to scale; we're moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.

Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.


Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.

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