Senior Software Engineer, Next Gen Compute

Responsibilities

• As a senior engineer in the Next-Gen Technologies team, you will help us improve the compute performance of our current generation and next-generation autonomous driving systems through participating in full lifecycle development from idea to proofs-of-concept to production.
• Specifically, you will:
• Focus deeply on ML model deployment, integration of multiple ML models, and ML model optimization on embedded compute platforms.
• Dive deep into the full ML software stack. Analyze ML workload performance on a variety of hardware processors, optimize ML models, improve ML software, and help us continually improve our stack through the application of efficient and effective ML approaches.
• Design, develop, test, integrate, and optimize software and tools on a variety of ML compute architectures.
• Collaborate with deep learning experts in perception, prediction, and other autonomous driving application areas to enable algorithms on GPU, NPU, and other ML accelerator architectures.
• Optimize the utilization of GPU/NPU resources and sharing of GPU/NPU access across multiple programs running on the same system.
• Lead designs to determine the needs of the system and how to best meet those needs through continually improving our ML software stack.
• Advise peers and management on technical matters.

Requirements

• Experience with machine learning accelerators, including GPUs, NPUs, TPUs, and their programming environments, including CUDA, TensorRT, or similar technologies.
• Strong experience with modern C++ development in a Linux environment.
• Experience with parallel and high-performance computing.
• Comfortable with experimentation and evaluating different options as we work towards finding solutions that work.
• A degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical or Electronic Engineering, or similar technical field of study, or you have equivalent knowledge gained through your practical experience.
• Preferred, but not required:
• Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, and/or other ML frameworks.
• Experience with embedded systems development for ARM-based system-on-chip architectures.
• Experience working in a MLOps or DevOps environment.
• Passion for self-driving technology and its potential for positive impact on the world.
• This role is hybrid from our Boston office. It requires two in-office days each week, ideally Tuesday and Thursday.
• 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
• $159,000 - $207,000 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.
• 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 ro

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Additional Information

Motional's global headquarters are located at 100 Northern Avenue in Boston, MA. Nestled in the bustling Seaport district with sweeping views of Boston Harbor and downtown Boston, the office is located close to major transit lines and a quick walk to various restaurants and popular attractions. Mission Summary: Motional's CORE team is responsible for our vehicle's C ompute and O nboard R untime E nvironment. We are creating a world leading AI compute platform for autonomous vehicles. This is the system that executes the software and neural networks that make our vehicles autonomous. The Next-Gen Technologies team is part of CORE. We work at the intersection of software engineering, machine learning, sensors, and hardware compute platforms to evolve Motional's on-board vehicle architecture. If you are a software engineer and love the idea of working on embedded AI hardware and software systems to create the next generation of autonomous vehicles, we would love to talk with you.

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