Motional
Principal Engineer Team Lead, Simulation Infrastructure
$200K–$275K
Boston, Massachusetts, United States +7 · Remote · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Remote U.S.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Remote U.S. - Experience
- 7+ years, or 5+ years with a Master’s degree; 4+ years of engineering team leadership.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a closely related engineering field.
About the job
Leads the Simulation Infrastructure team in designing and scaling cloud and software systems for Motional’s SIL simulation framework and offboard validation pipeline.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor engineers; set the team’s technical roadmap and partner across testing and autonomy groups.
- Build and optimize cloud simulation infrastructure, including orchestration, compute resource management, deployment, and observability.
- Develop simulation workflows and tooling for SUT definitions, scenarios, data generation, and reliable release validation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related engineering field.
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, or 5+ years with a Master’s degree, in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or complex cloud infrastructure.
- 4+ years leading engineering teams, setting technical roadmaps, and mentoring engineers.
- Production-level Python and C++ skills in Linux, plus deep AWS expertise and hands-on GitLab CI/CD and Docker experience.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with HIL bench integration, vehicle CAN protocols, or camera/LiDAR simulation.
- Experience with physics-based vehicle dynamics modeling and industry-standard tools.
Pay
$200,000—$275,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, AWS, EC2, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, SQL, Postgres
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