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Principal C++ Embedded Software Engineer

Motional

$175,000 - $234,000
Oct 9, 2025
Boston, MA, US
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Motional is looking to solve the problem of developing high-quality software for autonomous vehicle safety, by designing and developing infrastructure software on various hardware platforms for applications such as Vision Processing, Radar systems, Safety monitoring etc.

Requirements

  • 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.

Responsibilities

  • 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

Other

  • 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
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field
  • Participation in Motional’s benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more