Staff Release Engineer Lead for Autonomous Vehicles

Pittsburgh Robotics Network; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

dental

vision

401k with a company match

health saving accounts

life insurance

pet insurance

Job summary

Motional AD Inc. seeks a Staff Engineer Team Lead to grow and lead our Release team, specializing in software release and validation for autonomous vehicle software.

You will own the infrastructure for builds, testing, and deployment across the fleet, balancing speed with safety and reliability. You will drive strategy, mentor engineers, collaborate across Autonomy teams, and enforce governance that standardizes release processes and quality gates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in the autonomous driving or robotics industry, specifically within release engineering or simulation.
• Deep knowledge of autonomy systems and software release validation processes.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Release Governance & Strategic Architecture: Define, enforce code and release policies, branching strategies, and release lifecycles.
• Shift-Left Quality Leadership: Drive automated testing across pipeline stages to embed quality early.
• Release Process Standardization: Unify governance workflows and documentation across the organization.
• Release Validation & Gating: Oversee pipelines to minimize branch breakages and improve release quality.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Collaborate with Autonomy teams to safely integrate patches into release branches.

Skills

C++/Python

Engineering leadership

Autonomy knowledge

Release engineering

Education

BS or MS in Engineering

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Motional AD Inc. seeks a Staff Engineer Team Lead to grow and lead our Release team, specializing in software release and validation for autonomous vehicle software.

You will own the infrastructure for builds, testing, and deployment across the fleet, balancing speed with safety and reliability. You will drive strategy, mentor engineers, collaborate across Autonomy teams, and enforce governance that standardizes release processes and quality gates.