Principal Engineer Team Lead, AV Behavior
Motional - Pittsburgh, PA
Hiring: Principal Engineer Team Lead, AV Behavior Company: Motional Location: Pittsburgh, PA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 18:03:28 Target Skills & Keywords : Kind, Make, SAFe, TestNG About the job Required Skills: •Design the System Behavior: •Decompose ODD requirements into system and subsystem behaviors and interfaces to ensure vehicle capabilities meet product requirements. Characterize the performance target against parameters used to define AV capabilities to provide nuance in performance evaluation •Develop actionable policies and measurable targets: •Convert legal and industry policy narratives to mathematical and/or specific requirements that the autonomy teams can implement. Leverage human benchmark and industry standards to establish measurable acceptance criteria for system readiness •Drive Evaluation Strategy: •Advance our performance assessment framework by defining key metrics and reward functions. Derive Launch Criteria and Driving policy and strategically plan and execute testing campaigns leveraging advanced structured and large scale simulation, closed-course tracks, and on-road data. •Lead and Scale: •Mentor and grow a high-performing engineering team. Foster a culture of technical excellence, scientific rigor, and data-driven decision-making. •Cross-Functional Collaboration: •Partner with Autonomy, Infrastructure, and the other Systems teams to drive design improvements. Ensure features generate a net positive effect on system safety, comfort, and assertiveness and meet our launch criteria •Data exploration: •Leverage data science techniques and existing Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!