Perception Engineer

Job overview

The Perception Engineer role is hybrid in Boston, MA, with telecommuting permitted. Compensation is $165,000–$197,698 per year. Motional develops autonomous vehicle technology intended to make transportation safer, reliable, and accessible. The engineer develops and integrates computer vision and machine-learning capabilities for autonomous vehicle perception. The work includes deploying models and evaluating system performance so the vehicle software can recognize objects and signals and operate safely.

What you'll do

• Develop computer vision and machine-learning solutions for autonomous vehicle perception
• implement and debug production software using Python and C++
• integrate algorithms and trained models with on-car software
• build sensor-data and model-training workflows
• design evaluation processes and testing tools
• train and deploy AI models
• analyze performance and iterate on improvements.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

perception engineer

boston ma

hybrid

motional

autonomous vehicles

computer vision

machine learning

python

c++

pytorch

tensorrt/cuda

$165,000–$197,698/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) with company match
• health savings accounts
• life insurance
• pet insurance, and other benefits for eligible positions.

Why this role

Work includes perception for object and signal recognition, including emergency vehicles, school buses, authority figures, and traffic-light states; requires experience with Python, C++, PyTorch, GPU training, TensorRT/CUDA, CI/CD, and Git.

About the employer

Motional is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.