
About Motional
Driving the future of autonomous mobility safely
Key Highlights
- Partnership with Lyft for autonomous ride-hailing services
- Extensive testing in Las Vegas and Boston
- Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts
- Over 1,000 employees dedicated to autonomous technology
Motional, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, is a leader in autonomous vehicle technology, specializing in driverless cars and mobility solutions. The company has partnered with major players like Lyft and has conducted extensive testing in cities such as Las Vegas and Boston. With over 1,000 e...
🎁 Benefits
Motional offers competitive salaries, equity options, generous PTO, comprehensive health benefits, and a flexible remote work policy to support work-l...
🌟 Culture
Motional fosters a culture of innovation and safety, emphasizing collaboration among engineers and researchers to push the boundaries of autonomous te...
Skills & Technologies
Overview
Motional is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to design and implement multimodal models for autonomous vehicles. You'll work with technologies like Python and reinforcement learning to optimize data discovery workflows. This position requires significant experience in machine learning and data mining.
Job Description
Who you are
You have a strong background in machine learning with a focus on data mining and model optimization — your experience includes designing and implementing complex models that handle large datasets efficiently. You are proficient in Python and have a deep understanding of reinforcement learning principles, enabling you to build intelligent systems that enhance data discovery workflows.
You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working at the intersection of large-scale representation learning and retrieval optimization — your ability to communicate complex ideas clearly helps you work effectively with cross-functional teams. You are passionate about transforming raw data into actionable insights and have a keen interest in the latest advancements in machine learning technologies.
What you'll do
As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Motional, you will architect and train distilled models that process multimodal sensor data — your role involves designing teacher-student model frameworks that maintain high accuracy while reducing inference latency. You will develop training pipelines for knowledge distillation, ensuring that the student models are efficient and effective.
You will also build reinforcement learning-based policy learning and reasoning systems to optimize data discovery workflows — your contributions will directly influence how the team compresses knowledge into efficient encoders for fast search. By enhancing the model improvement lifecycle, you will support teams in post-training analysis, error diagnosis, and dataset curation.
What we offer
Motional provides a dynamic work environment where innovation is encouraged — you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies that are shaping the future of autonomous vehicles. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, along with a commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Join us in our mission to transform transportation through advanced machine learning solutions.
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