Mission Summary:

Our Vehicle Platform Component team is seeking a highly motivated Senior Sensing Component Engineer to take end-to-end technical ownership of our motion-sensing and acoustic hardware modules. In this role, you will lead the development, validation, and production readiness of high-precision IMUs and advanced microphone arrays, ensuring they meet rigorous performance, cost, and launch timelines. Additionally, you will play a critical cross-functional role in our perception hardware suite-supporting component-level functional testing across LiDAR, Radar, and Camera systems to guarantee complete sensor suite reliability.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Develop and manage component-level technical requirements throughout the program development lifecycle.
• Lead technical collaboration with component suppliers, serving as the internal technical expert for the component.
• Ensure all components comply with specifications for performance KPIs, safety, and reliability.
• Guarantee that components adhere to relevant industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Design Release Engineers to ensure components meet the overall product's program targets and goals.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to confirm that component requirements satisfy system needs and that selected components integrate seamlessly into the overall system architecture.
• Responsible for validating component functionality through hands-on testing conducted at both the bench and vehicle levels.
• Lead issue resolution with suppliers and internal cross-functional teams in a timely and effective manner.

What We're Looking For:

• 5+ years of experience in automotive component design, development and integration.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Technology, or a related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sensor physics and hardware, including LiDAR, Radar, Cameras, IMUs, or Microphones.
• Experience with automotive sensor design, development, and integration.
• Understanding of high-speed data acquisition and signal processing.
• Experience with automotive communication protocols including CAN, CAN-FD, Ethernet, GMSL, and FPD-Link.
• Experience with hardware-level time-synchronization (PTP/IEEE 802.1AS, PPS) across multi-modal sensor setups (IMU, LiDAR, Radar, Camera).Proficiency in Linux, including the ability to develop scripts (e.g., Python, C++) for testing, validation, and interaction with sensor hardware.
• Familiarity with automotive high-performance compute architectures (e.g., NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin / Thor).
• Experience with lab equipment, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters, and function generators.
• Proficiency in automotive diagnostic tools, including Vector tools (CANoe, CANape, vFlash).
• Experience with automotive environmental, EMI, and shock/vibration testing.
• Experience in root-cause analysis, with a focus on utilizing AV / ADAS vehicle logs to pinpoint sensor performance issues.
• Familiarity with automotive components validation documentation and procedures, such as DVP&R, DFMEA and PFMEA.
• Experience with requirement compliance, issue-tracking and task management software platforms such as JIRA, Polarion, Confluence, etc.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with an automotive Tier-1 supplier on the technical development of electronic components.
• Understanding of vehicle integration, packaging, and functional safety standards (ISO 26262)

Bonus Points(not required):

• Prior experience in automotive vision sensor hardware and software integration or ADAS technologies.
• Prior experience in an autonomous vehicle or robotics company.

This role is based in our Pittsburgh office and requires in-office days each week.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.

Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional's benefits program. Motional's benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Salary Range

$125,000-$167,000 USD