Tech Lead Manager - Planning

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🕒 June 11, 2025

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $212k - $270k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Motional

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2020

🚗 Transport

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Transport • Artificial Intelligence • Automotive

Motional is a leading company in the development of autonomous vehicles, focusing on making driverless transportation a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. A joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional has been at the forefront of driverless technology for decades, creating SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles for ride-hail and delivery services. The company emphasizes safety and innovation, leveraging advanced machine learning and automotive technology to build fully driverless vehicles that integrate smoothly into mobility networks, providing an enjoyable experience for daily transportation and deliveries.

📋 Description

• Lead and develop a team within the motion planning organization, assuming responsibility for planning algorithm and constraint generation. • Collaborate with other leaders to provide technical direction, making critical decisions on architectural strategies, strategic resource allocation, operational execution, and technical debt management. • Deliver a robust and scalable planner, prioritizing safety throughout the design, prototyping, testing, deployment, and production phases. • Adopt a metrics-driven approach to the development and enhancement of technical components. • Advance existing planning methodologies to facilitate data-driven strategies. • Promote diversity and inclusion in both products and personnel. • Mentor and offer constructive feedback (technical and professional) to team members, cultivating an inclusive and collaborative work environment. • Demonstrate initiative in generating innovative ideas, formulating a team vision, and considering the holistic robotaxi system. • Implement and review algorithms and code, applying rigorous engineering methodologies. • Partner with project managers to develop roadmaps and execute plans according to schedule.

🎯 Requirements

• Over two years of experience in the management of a development team, with a demonstrated ability to foster career growth, mentor team members effectively, and enhance productivity. • Masters or PhD in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. • Established history of successfully delivering production-quality motion planner in a leadership capacity. • Advanced proficiency in search algorithms. • Experience in developing motion planning solutions with ML • Expertise in C++ software development, Linux, and Python, with supplementary knowledge of SQL. • Strong theoretical understanding and practical experience in motion planning under conditions of uncertainty, as well as in interactions with dynamic agents and environments. • Knowledge of robotics algorithms in localization, perception, prediction, motion planning, and control systems for autonomous vehicles. • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and management skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision • 401k with a company match • Health saving accounts • Life insurance • Pet insurance • And more