Principal Engineer, Team Lead - Behaviors

Motional
Boston, USA / Asia2025-05-19

About the job

On our Behaviors team (Prediction and ML Planner), you will have the opportunity to work with world-class ML engineers, whose mission is to make self-driving vehicles a reality and to create a positive social impact. The Behaviors team develops ML models that learn how different agents navigate complex real-world traffic scenarios. We leverage these models to set the behavior of our self-driving vehicle, and predict the behavior of other agents such as vehicles and vulnerable road users.

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

Qualifications

Minimum

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

Preferred

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