Motional
Senior Engineer - Perception Modeling
$172K–$229K
Boston, Massachusetts, United States +7 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 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
- 3-5+ years in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field; equivalent industry experience may satisfy the education requirement.
- Education
- Master's or Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or a related field; or equivalent industry experience.
About the job
Leads development and deployment of perception models and systems for autonomous vehicles, including synthetic data, sensor simulation, and efficient onboard models.
What you'll do
- Architect and develop multimodal perception systems and synthetic data and sensor simulation capabilities.
- Transfer capabilities from foundation models to efficient real-time onboard models and deploy solutions to autonomous vehicle fleets.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineers.
What they ask for
- In-depth understanding of machine learning and deep learning algorithms, with experience designing, training, and analyzing neural networks for a listed perception application.
- Experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch and fluency in Python, including scientific computing libraries and Python bindings development.
- Advanced software engineering knowledge, including design, source control, builds, code reviews, and testing.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; experience mentoring and leading others.
Nice to have
- Experience designing, training, or fine-tuning foundation models for autonomous driving or robotic perception; expertise in world models, generative prediction, scene synthesis, or sensor simulation.
- Experience with knowledge distillation, model compression, synthetic data generation, or multimodal automated labeling; publications at leading computer vision or machine learning conferences.
Pay
$172,000 — $229,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
TensorFlow, PyTorch, Python
AI focus
Develops multimodal foundation-model perception, synthetic data and sensor simulation, knowledge distillation, and efficient real-time autonomous-vehicle perception.
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