# Principal Engineer Motion Planning

Motional is seeking a technical expert for its Planning team to define motion planning and control systems for secure, effective, and comfortable fleet operation in complex environments. This role requires expertise in cutting-edge research, advanced algorithm development, and robust software building to generate safe, comfortable, and intuitive routes and motions. We are looking for a robotics and software development enthusiast eager to contribute to production-ready autonomous vehicles. If you possess a passion for autonomous driving, thrive on solving real-world challenges, and aspire to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving field, we encourage your application. Role responsibilities: Lead the research and development of novel algorithms and sub-systems for motion planning in autonomous driving, thereby expanding the Operational Design Domain. This includes, but is not limited to, advanced search-based and sophisticated geometry-based methods, as well as decision-making under uncertainty with a strong emphasis on probabilistic approaches Lead cross-functional projects to define new or upgrade existing interfaces to solve problems Monitor overall system performance to

- **Id**: 256064
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/motional-principal-engineer-motion-planning>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Boston, United States, Pittsburgh, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2025-07-21T14:48:47Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-16
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T09:42:55Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 472
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6489
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Equity, Life insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Robotic Software & Control Systems, Autonomous Driving, Smart Mobility

## Company

- **Id**: 66433
- **Name**: Motional
- **Domain**: motional.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/motional-com>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 15
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.333
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 83
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 240000
- **Max**: 330000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 330000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Motion Planning** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 472

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T11:20:37Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 14
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.497
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 472
- **Expected fill days**: 83
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 330000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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