Motional

Principal Engineer

Motional

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $240,000 - $330,000 per year

Job Level

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About the role

  • Define, lead and execute computer-vision based mapping projects that improve our self-driving vehicles’ capability to efficiently map roadways and localize itself using vehicle and remote sensing data
  • Develop methods to monitor changes to the environment and update maps accordingly
  • Integrate visual maps with LIDAR-derived maps to create consistent fused world maps
  • Productionize and deploy solutions onto autonomous vehicle fleets
  • Collaborate with LIDAR-based localization and mapping, and perception teams to improve our vehicle’s on-road performance

Requirements

  • Experience developing software for geometric computer vision - geometric camera models, camera calibration, fundamental / essential matrices, the epipolar constraint, feature detection and matching, triangulation
  • Experience with visual simultaneous localization and mapping (VSLAM), structure from motion, visual-inertial SLAM, visual-inertial odometry, and large-scale bundle adjustment/factor graph optimization at scale
  • Proven track record of designing, developing and deploying 3D computer vision solutions for autonomous vehicles, augmented reality, robotics or related applications
  • Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent industry experience
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Advanced knowledge of software engineering principles including software design, source control management, build processes, code reviews, testing methods
  • Extensive experience in metrics design and metrics driven technology development
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong programming skills in C++
  • Proven track record of publications in relevant conferences (CVPR, ICML, NeurIPS, ICCV, WACV, AAAI, ICL, etc.)
Benefits
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401k with company match
  • Health saving accounts
  • Life insurance
  • Pet insurance
  • Flexible work hours
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
computer visiongeometric camera modelscamera calibrationfeature detectiontriangulationvisual simultaneous localization and mapping (VSLAM)structure from motionvisual-inertial SLAMC++3D computer vision solutions
Soft Skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skills
Certifications
Masters in Computer SciencePh.D. in Computer Science