Principal Engineer Team Lead, Safety & Targets is open at Motional in Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Las Vegas, Nevada, United States; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; Remote U.S.. The posting gives a salary of $200K - $275K. Posted on Sep 16, 2026, and still on Motional’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Own Motional’s safety critical functions: Drive the development and maturation of collision detection and response and imminent collision handling across autonomy, remote vehicle assistance, and operational functions. Define the requirements, thresholds, and response behaviors, then prove them out. Own the benchmark program across safety, comfort, and assertiveness: Establish and expand human driving benchmarks for…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Motional’s careers page.
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