Senior Release Engineer
Motional · Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Las Vegas, Nevada, United States; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; Remote U.S.
About this role
**Mission Summary** As a Release Engineer at Motional, you’ll join the newly formed Release team responsible for creating customer-facing external software releases. You’ll build, maintain, and automate release and validation pipelines that help ensure the safety and reliability of software deployed across Motional’s autonomous vehicle fleet. **What You’ll Be Doing** - **Release Gating & Validation:** Collaborate with the Release team to implement and enforce “shift-left” quality gates so only stable, well-validated code reaches release branches. - **Cross-Functional Support:** Partner with Autonomy, System Readiness & Performance, and Project Manager teams to streamline integration of patches and bug fixes; act as the primary point of contact for release-related build inquiries. - **Branching & Governance:** Support execution of the organization’s release strategy (e.g., maintaining clean branching models) to ensure release isolation and stability. - **Data-Driven Optimization:** Improve release visibility by analyzing release metrics, identifying build bottlenecks, and proposing data-backed solutions to increase release team and developer velocity. - **Automation & Tooling:** Write and maintain automation scripts to enforce release quality, reduce manual overhead, and manage build compatibility across diverse autonomy stacks. **What We’re Looking For** - **Engineering Foundation:** BS or MS in Engineering (or equivalent knowledge and work experience). - **Technical Proficiency:** Strong proficiency in **Git** and **Python**; advanced experience with **CI/CD** infrastructure (e.g., **GitLab CI**, **Jenkins**). - **Domain Knowledge:** Experience in autonomous driving, robotics, or complex software release environments. - **Collaborative Problem-Solver:** Ability to translate complex requirements into actionable code and communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders. - **Operational Mindset:** Focus on building maintainable, “production-ready” systems and improving engineering workflows. **Bonus Points** - Experience with **cloud simulation scaling** and **AWS** application environments. - Experience with **Apache Airflow** or similar workflow orchestration tools. - Experience with **simulation-based validation frameworks** (e.g., Applied Intuition). **Work Location** Hybrid schedule encouraged with in-office time in **Boston, Pittsburgh, or Las Vegas** to support collaboration, or the role can be **fully remote**. **About Motional** Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality—driven by people-first values and a mission to transform transportation. **Salary Range (Base)** **$149,000 – $198,500 USD** *#LI-AE1*
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