Principal Software Engineer Team Lead, Map Engineering
Core
Lead the Map Engineering team to design, develop, and operationalize cutting-edge systems and software for Motional's production mapping pipeline, ensuring high-reliability maps for commercial autonomous vehicle operations.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Map Engineering)
Builds
Production mapping pipelines, scalable mapping infrastructure, and distributed systems for AV stacks.
Domain
Autonomous Vehicles / Robotics / Geospatial Data
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
People leadership, technical strategy, cloud-native infrastructure, safety-critical system design, large-scale data processing, geospatial infrastructure, ML/CV integration
Preferred skills
HD map formats, dynamic map layers, cloud geodata platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), Mapping/Robotics/AV industry experience
Technologies
Cloud-native infrastructure, AWS, GCP, Azure, ML, Computer Vision
Responsibilities
Provide people leadership and build a strong engineering bench; Partner with leadership to influence long-term technical strategy; Collaborate with adjacent domains (Localization, Perception, Planning); Create robust processes and quality frameworks; Own operationalization of the commercial mapping pipeline; Prioritize safety in software solutions; Evaluate and implement new technologies; Oversee design of scalable mapping infrastructure; Oversee development of large-scale distributed systems.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management focus
