System Architect
The System Architecture team owns the big picture system design. The team works across the organization with the product, engineering, and safety teams. Systems Architects find balance between technical breadth and depth. They help to streamline communication channels and transition from leading development of the big picture vision to diving into the details to ensure problems are being properly addressed and allocated.
The Motional Pittsburgh office is located in the new Hazelwood Green development at 4734 Second Avenue, a culmination of the city’s goal of restoring an economic driver to the neighborhood in a thoughtful, inclusive, and sustainable way. With views along the Monongahela river, the Pittsburgh office is in the heart of this new state of the art development.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead system architecture decision making process, including generating engineering tradeoff studies exploring the decision space at the initial design stage or as problems arise.
- Continually drive alignment between product, technical requirements, architecture design and detailed implementation.
- Define and manage interfaces between system modules, generating design strategies to maintain useful abstraction barriers between components and facilitate appropriate information transfer.
- Analyze full system performance data (e.g. on-road performance data) to identify cross-system trade-offs, trace high-level issues back to requirements and specifications, and identify cross-module solutions for issues.
- Serve as a point of contact for system-level engineering questions and issues that may arise.
- Guide documentation efforts for a complex engineering system, in some cases creating system documentation.
- Provide a view of technical risk to leadership based on system analysis and technology readiness.
What We're Looking For
- Experience working across subsystem boundaries and teams to solve a complex engineering problem
- Deep understanding of an engineering discipline that informs cross-system understanding of typical engineering problems
- Experience with safety-critical system design and associated techniques
- Experience using data analysis to answer system-level performance questions
- A qualified applicant probably has a minimum of 5 years of industry experience or a minimum of 3 years of industry experience plus a Ph.D. degree in a relevant field
Bonus Points (not required)
- General familiarity with programming and software architecture a plus
- Experience with System modeling tools, such as Simulink and Enterprise Architect, and data analysis tools, such as Matlab, R, and python, is a plus
- Experience with or training in formal systems engineering techniques (requirements writing, validation and verification, etc) is a plus
- Experience working with both hardware and software systems is a plus
- Experience delivering fielded robotic systems is a plus
Motional is a driverless technology company making self-driving vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.
The Motional team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who together are creating a first-of-its-kind technology with the potential to transform the way we move. We’re behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's most-established public robotaxi fleet.
As a leader in an emerging industry that has the promise of creating safer, more reliable and accessible transportation for all, it’s imperative we have a diverse workforce, create an inclusive culture, and understand the communities we operate in around the world.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is fundamental to Motional’s success. That’s why we’ve established a team to ensure DEI is at the forefront of the candidate and employee experience, beginning with the hiring process and continuing throughout your career. We also partner with organizations like the National Society of Black Engineers, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and the Society of Women Engineers to ensure our DEI work is informed by the latest thinking and approaches.
Strategically formed by Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.