Principal Engineer Team Lead - Trajectory Planning Lead at Motional

You're a Principal Engineer with 2+ years of management experience, holding a Master's or PhD in a quantitative field like Robotics or Computer Science, and you're deep into numerical optimization and optimal control for robotics. **What makes it worth a look...** This full-time, fully remote role at Motional in Boston, MA, offers a salary of $240,000—$330,000 per year. You'll lead the development of core trajectory planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles, directly impacting commercial launch readiness. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have 2+ years managing high-performing development teams and a track record of driving productivity. * Possess deep expertise in numerical optimization, optimal control, Model Predictive Control, and nonlinear programming applied to real-time trajectory generation. * Are fluent in Modern C++ development within a Linux environment, focusing on high-performance, real-time, and safety-critical code. * Have experience applying AI-augmented development workflows to large-scale Modern C++ codebases.