Senior Software Engineer, HIL Infrastructure

Mission Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our HIL Infrastructure team to scale and automate our offboard testing workflows to be thorough, efficient, and reliable. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will gain hands-on experience with Motional’s Hardware in the Loop (HIL) infrastructure, physical bench hardware, and our AV software. In this role, you will play a critical part in the continuous improvement, scaling, and reliability of Motional’s HIL infrastructure to accelerate safe autonomous deployment. You will aid in writing and evaluating simulations, interfacing with hardware testing, and improving our AV software release process. Your work will interface with both infrastructure and autonomy teams’ code and needs, giving you a wide view of everything it takes to autonomously drive a vehicle.

You will directly contribute to Motional’s driverless future through accessible and representative offboard HIL testing for cross-functional teams

You’ll help redefine safe transportation by ensuring offboard testing is as representative as possible

You will directly contribute to Motional’s driverless future through advancing infrastructure HIL simulations

Your team is at the forefront of industry breakthroughs including ensuring safe and reliable software releases to public roads

You’ll help redefine safe transportation by collaborating across Autonomy and Infrastructure teams to meet customer needs within offboard simulation and testing environments

What you'll be doing:

You will support HIL testing by automating HIL bench health, accessibility and reliability

You will implement release management automation for defining compatible software builds between components on the vehicles

You will work with operations teams in response to release blockers, ensuring resolutions and that offboard testing infrastructure supports avoiding future similar instances

You will data mine for insights on deficiencies, errors and overlooked optimizations to the tools and processes the team manages

You will support HIL bench maintenance ensuring critical pipelines remain active and successful

What we’re looking for:

5+ Years of working in Linux

5+ Years of writing Python

5+ Years working with Git, CI/CD

3+ Years of interfacing with databases, example SQL, Postgres, Trino

2+ Years of working with C++

2+ Years working with hardware, sensors, low voltage electrical

Familiarity or experience with Vehicle CAN and interfacing within Python automation

Electrical familiarity for HIL bench connections and setup

Strong written and oral communication skills

Experience working in cross-functional development teams, including quarterly road map design

BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics (with Software option)

Bonus Points(not required):

Experience with Cloud services such as AWS, GCP, Azure

Hands on simulation experience

OSC2, YAML Simulation scenario experience

Autonomous Driving experience

Familiarity with networking, routing, VPNs, VPCs

Working Conditions:

Hybrid role:

Flexible working locations requiring some on-site HIL work and cross-team collaborations.

Working directly on HIL equipment requires knowledge of basic electrical systems & safety

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The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.

Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Salary Range

$149,000—$198,500 USD