Motional
Senior Onboard Vehicle Network Engineer
$149K–$198K
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States - Visa sponsorship
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About the job
Designs, implements, and maintains onboard vehicle networking architecture and software for current and next-generation autonomous vehicles.
What you'll do
- Design onboard network topologies, protocols, and communication layers across vehicle compute nodes, sensors, microcontrollers, and actuators.
- Develop network routing, monitoring, diagnostics, telemetry, and failover tools; investigate system-level networking issues.
- Set network performance, QoS, security, and isolation strategies, and collaborate on hardware selection and network maintenance plans.
What they ask for
- Strong software engineering background with demonstrated ability to write, debug, and maintain production code.
- Deep understanding of embedded network architectures, topology design, and system-level communication flows.
- Hands-on experience with networking protocols and standards such as Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, or CAN/CAN-FD.
- Experience with network security policies, traffic shaping/prioritization, QoS, and logical network isolation.
Nice to have
- Strong modern C++ coding experience in embedded Linux or automotive software environments.
- Experience with automotive network architectures or protocols such as AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive, DDS, or ROS/ROS2.
Pay
$149,000 — $198,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, CAN/CAN-FD, C++, AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive, DDS, ROS/ROS2
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