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Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Motional
Boston, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/25/2025

Mission Summary

The Platform Infrastructure Embedded Software team designs and develops high quality software to leverage embedded compute platforms for autonomy stack development and to bolster the safety critical applications on the Motional Vehicle platforms. We are a team of engineers who bring a broad experience in software development and leverage this to develop software which pushes the boundaries of what has been achieved in the autonomous vehicle safety space.

Hybrid Position

What You'll Be Doing :

  • Designing and developing infrastructure software on various hardware platforms for applications such as Vision Processing, Radar systems, Safety monitoring etc., to be run on self-driving vehicles
  • Designing firmware components such as device drivers and kernel libraries
  • Develop software to accelerate machine learning models for deployment on Embedded Hardware platforms
  • Designing test harnesses for embedded software components as well as full systems
  • Providing technical mentorship to engineers
  • Proactively supports the team with engineering support in their product area.
  • Mentor a team of engineers comprising the Embedded Software team at Motional
  • Set the vision and mission of the team, manage the team's planning and execution of work, and ensure organizational goals are being met
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define solutions to organizational challenges
  • Contribute to the long-term autonomous vehicle embedded architecture

What We're Looking For :

  • Experience with creating detailed requirements from use cases.
  • Ability to lead a technical initiative, including breaking down work and guiding other engineers through execution.
  • Experience writing software for embedded platforms in C and C .
  • Experience with TDD - unit tests and integration tests.
  • Experience working on embedded Linux / RTOSs.
  • Experience with optimizing sensor and ML accelerator pipelines and deploying them on various embedded processors.
  • Experience working with networks (Ethernet, CAN etc.) and the common networking protocols.
  • Experience with debugging on embedded platforms.
  • Experience writing software in Python and experience doing automation with shell scripting.
  • Experience working with ARM Cortex MCUs or Microprocessors
  • Bonus Points (not required) :

  • Experience working with large data pipelines, and platforms that require deterministic execution.
  • Experience using inter-system communication protocols such as I2C and SPI
  • Experience working with FGPAs and GPUs.
  • Experience working directly with the Linux kernel or Device Drivers.
  • Experience working with RTOSs such as FreeRTOS, ThreadX or PreemptRT.
  • Experience with Simulation and Code Generation, and knowing when their use is appropriate.
  • The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. 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.

    Salary Range

    175,000-$234,000 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.

    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.

    Salary : $175,000 - $234,000

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