Senior Software Engineer, Process Automation and Tooling

The Senior Process Automation Engineer on the Process, Automation, and Tooling team of the AV Performance Analysis (Triage) group helps develop and deliver workflows, automation and user experience that is intuitive, optimized and centered around the AV Product Development lifecycle. In this role, you will build and maintain automation tools to streamline the processes, while identifying and measuring areas for improvement. This role is on a fast-paced agile team, unlocking the work of the core Triage Specialists and Triage Engineers towards delivering the broader Motional’s operational goals.

The Motional Pittsburgh office is located in the new Hazelwood Green development, 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

• Work cross-functionally with users, researchers, and designers to help define requirements for AV Performance Analysis products
• Define product, functional requirements and roadmaps for AV Performance Analysis tools
• Design, build and maintain standard visualization interfaces for the AV Performance Analysis team
• Work independently with external software, hardware, and tools development engineers to develop specific solutions for the AV Performance Analysis team
• Develop tooling test frameworks in collaboration with the stakeholder teams
• Identify software-related issues and create clear and comprehensive documentation
• Lead collaboration efforts with developers to aid in issue resolution and verification
• Analyze test results and document findings in comprehensive test reports
• Manage issues throughout their entire lifecycle, driving them to resolution
• Collaborate with senior management to understand the vision for business-critical automation
• Provide accurate measurements of existing workflows and justification for how automation improves performance and quality
• Support and mentor junior developers
• Able to travel domestically
• Other duties as assigned

What We're Looking For

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Engineering - such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, System Engineering, Robotics, Backend/Front End developers, or equivalent knowledge and work experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience with software engineering concepts, including requirements analysis, source control, build processes, and design reviews.
• Strong experience with Linux, scripting, and analytical languages (E.g: Bash/Shell, Python, SQL)
• Strong experience in all stages of the design process, from early strategy and ideation, wireframes, and prototypes, to the final implementation of UI design
• Strong experience with Web Development languages such as HTML, CSS, Java, React
• Experience with AWS services such  as Lambda, S3, SQS and EC2
• Expertise in using issue tracking and configuration management tools such as Atlassian Confluence, Jira and version control tools such as Bitbucket, Gitlab
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and creative problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical people.
• Exposure to process automation and statistical optimization techniques
• Strong experience in requirements generation

Bonus Points (not required)

• Experience working with safety-critical and complex systems such as -- Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Automotive, Medical Devices or Aerospace Technologies
• Experience in all stages of the design process, from early strategy and ideation, wireframes and prototypes, to the final implementation of UI design
• Experience in developing process metrics for measuring the throughput, capacity of operational tasks and for recommending corrective actions
• Experience in Quality Control and Quality Assurance (E.g: Test Plan and Case Management)
• Strong focus on Safety and Systems Engineering practices

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and at times for long periods; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lif