Motional
Driverless Technology
PrincipalSoftwareEngineerTeamLead,MapEngineering
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“Principal Software Engineer Team Lead, Map Engineering at Motional. Skills: Map Engineering, Software Engineering Management, Large-scale data processing, Cloud-native infrastructure. Provide people leadership. Build engineering and leadership bench”
What You'll Achieve.
Increase productivity; Increase efficiency; Increase output; Low-latency map delivery; Meet high-reliability needs; Scale production maps
Industry & Context.
Solve complex technical problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, 5+ years of experience managing engineers, 2+ years of managing managers in a fast-paced production environment, Proven ability to partner with leadership and set a multi-year vision and technical strategy for complex engineering domains, Proven ability to partner and collaborate with upstream and downstream teams to balance urgent short-term deliverables with smart long-term investments, Experience partnering with technical leadership on the team to build and execute the technical roadmap, Experience building resilient teams, leadership bench and upleveling them with coaching and resources, Experience building and shipping production software with demonstrated technical judgment to make informed technical and product decisions in a safety-critical environment, Deep technical experience designing and operating large-scale data processing pipelines and geospatial infrastructure, Experience integrating Machine Learning or Computer Vision techniques for automated map feature extraction and quality validation
Nice to Have
Experience in the Mapping / Robotics / AV industry, Specific knowledge of high-definition map formats, Specific knowledge of dynamic map layers, Specific knowledge of map data validation, Familiarity with cloud-based geodata processing platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
What You'll Do.
Provide people leadership
Build engineering and leadership bench
Influence long-term vision and technical strategy
Scale production mapping solutions
Serve as interface and collaboration partner
Uplevel teams with robust processes
Own operationalization of mapping pipeline
Prioritize safety in software solutions
Evaluate current technology
Promote new technologies
Oversee design and architecture
Oversee development and deployment
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with leadership; Collaborate with adjacent domains; Collaborate with customers; Partner with technical leadership
Full Job Description
We are actively seeking a highly motivated and exceptional senior engineering manager to lead the Map Engineering team. The team is responsible for the design and development of cutting-edge systems and software for Motional’s current and future Mapping efforts. This role is critical in leading the scaling and operationalization of our production mapping pipeline. As a manager of the Mapping organization, you will be responsible for supporting multiple sub-teams. This is an exciting opportunity to have a direct impact on the company’s business goals by helping the teams solve complex technical problems, which allows us to reliably scale production maps to meet the high-reliability needs of commercial operations. What You'll Be Doing Provide people leadership and build a strong engineering and leadership bench within the Mapping organization. Partner with leadership to influence the long-term vision and technical strategy for scaling production mapping solutions, emphasizing cloud-native infrastructure and real-time update capabilities. Serve as an interface and collaboration partner with key adjacent domains (Localization, Perception, and Planning) and customers (Mapping Operations, Commercial). Uplevel the teams by creating robust processes and quality frameworks that increase productivity, efficiency, and output for safety-critical systems. Own the operationalization of the commercial mapping pipeline, focusing on throughput, reliability, and low-latency map delivery to the AV stack. Prioritize safety above all else in designing and implementing software solutions, ensuring the highest standards of safety in our autonomous driving efforts. Regularly evaluate current technology and technical standards; promote and implement new technologies, best practices, and process improvements across the data and compute stack. Oversee the design and architecture of scalable mapping infrastructure and tools, supporting petabyte-scale data processing. Oversee the development an
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