Senior Data Scientist, Autonomous Systems Performance

Pittsburgh Robotics Network; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 198,500; Full time

Job summary

Motional is hiring a Senior Data Scientist for Systems Performance to lead evaluation frameworks across autonomous systems. You will collaborate with Safety and Systems Engineering to ensure metrics align with automotive standards and launch readiness, while driving data-driven insights from large-scale datasets.

We offer a hybrid schedule with in-office time in Boston, Pittsburgh, or Las Vegas, and a compensation range reflecting industry standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience solving complex problems with large datasets
• Strong Python and SQL skills with data-analysis libraries
• Experience applying advanced statistical and ML methods
• Ability to work independently and communicate findings to stakeholders
• Familiarity with ISO safety standards is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead development of evaluation frameworks for autonomous systems
• Collaborate with Safety and Systems Engineering to map metrics to automotive standards
• Ensure metrics are reliable for safety cases and launch readiness
• Monitor metric drift and data quality over time
• Apply statistical methods to simulation and on-road data
• Develop new metrics and analysis methods for AV performance
• Mentor engineers and promote data-driven decision making

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Machine Learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

AWS

Job description

Motional is hiring a Senior Data Scientist for Systems Performance to lead evaluation frameworks across autonomous systems. You will collaborate with Safety and Systems Engineering to ensure metrics align with automotive standards and launch readiness, while driving data-driven insights from large-scale datasets.

We offer a hybrid schedule with in-office time in Boston, Pittsburgh, or Las Vegas, and a compensation range reflecting industry standards.