Mid Level Motion Designer Jobs
Mid level motion designer jobs go to designers ready to own projects end to end, make creative decisions with limited oversight, and mentor junior colleagues on craft and process. Openings run across Technology & Software, Electronics & Hardware, and Energy, with 29% remote or hybrid availability, and employers like Motion, Highwire, and Motional hiring at this level now.
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Mission Summary:
On our Motion team, you will leverage your expertise in motion planning, robotics, and software development to advance the capabilities of production-ready autonomous vehicles. In this role, you will conduct innovative research, lead design processes, and implement performance-critical algorithms that enable safe, comfortable, and intuitive autonomous vehicle behaviors across Motional's fleet of robotaxis.
If you are passionate about autonomous driving, thrive on solving challenging optimization problems, and are eager to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving field, we want to hear from you.
Technical Scope:
- Develop state-of-the-art motion control and trajectory optimization algorithms to ensure safe and comfortable vehicle motion
- Design and build robust and scalable software that enables real on-road impact by evaluating different control techniques and motion planning algorithms
- Provides high-quality code and design reviews (C++) based on a deep understanding of the teams' services and technologies Leverage modern development toolchains, including testing, simulation, and continuous integration, to enable rapid development cycles
Role responsibilities:
- Understands and explains trade-offs, complex concepts to peers and leaders to drive decisions.
- Collaborate with teams working on (ML) decision/behavior planning, prediction, and vehicle control to build comprehensive and integrated solutions
- Creates project proposals that drive long-term technical roadmaps and span multiple sub-systems. Mentor junior team members to develop a culture of product-focused engineering, research, and development.
What we're looking for:
- 3+ years of C++ software development
- Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with Model Predictive Control (MPC), motion planning, planning under uncertainty, vehicle dynamics and control, and simulation environments
- Understanding of numerical optimization algorithms (interior point method, sequential quadratic programming, etc)
- Experience with optimization solvers (IPOPT, Gurobi, etc)
- Past experience owning and leading technical development on features from problem formulation, algorithm design, through implementation
- Knowledge of Python is a bonus
We encourage a hybrid schedule with in-office time at one of our locations in Boston or Pittsburgh to support collaboration, or this role can be fully remote.
Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We're driven by something more.
Our journey is always people first.
We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.
Higher purpose, greater impact.
We're creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it's not only good for our business, it's the right thing to do.
Scale up, not starting up.
Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We're driven to scale; we're moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.
Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.
Mission Summary:
On our Motion team, you will leverage your expertise in motion planning, robotics, and software development to advance the capabilities of production-ready autonomous vehicles. In this role, you will conduct innovative research, lead design processes, and implement performance-critical algorithms that enable safe, comfortable, and intuitive autonomous vehicle behaviors across Motional's fleet of robotaxis.
If you are passionate about autonomous driving, thrive on solving challenging optimization problems, and are eager to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving field, we want to hear from you.
Technical Scope:
- Develop state-of-the-art motion control and trajectory optimization algorithms to ensure safe and comfortable vehicle motion
- Design and build robust and scalable software that enables real on-road impact by evaluating different control techniques and motion planning algorithms
- Provides high-quality code and design reviews (C++) based on a deep understanding of the teams' services and technologies Leverage modern development toolchains, including testing, simulation, and continuous integration, to enable rapid development cycles
Role responsibilities:
- Understands and explains trade-offs, complex concepts to peers and leaders to drive decisions.
- Collaborate with teams working on (ML) decision/behavior planning, prediction, and vehicle control to build comprehensive and integrated solutions
- Creates project proposals that drive long-term technical roadmaps and span multiple sub-systems. Mentor junior team members to develop a culture of product-focused engineering, research, and development.
What we're looking for:
- 3+ years of C++ software development
- Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with Model Predictive Control (MPC), motion planning, planning under uncertainty, vehicle dynamics and control, and simulation environments
- Understanding of numerical optimization algorithms (interior point method, sequential quadratic programming, etc)
- Experience with optimization solvers (IPOPT, Gurobi, etc)
- Past experience owning and leading technical development on features from problem formulation, algorithm design, through implementation
- Knowledge of Python is a bonus
We encourage a hybrid schedule with in-office time at one of our locations in Boston or Pittsburgh to support collaboration, or this role can be fully remote.
Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We're driven by something more.
Our journey is always people first.
We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.
Higher purpose, greater impact.
We're creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it's not only good for our business, it's the right thing to do.
Scale up, not starting up.
Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We're driven to scale; we're moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.
Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.
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Mid Level Motion Designer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a mid level motion designer job?
Position yourself around ownership, not just execution. Hiring managers at this level want to see that you have led projects from brief to delivery, made creative decisions independently, and can articulate why your work performed. Sharpen your reel to show complete pieces you drove, not just shots you contributed to, and be ready to speak to your process and the feedback you incorporated along the way.
Which companies hire mid level motion designers?
Companies hiring mid level motion designers right now include Motion, Highwire, and Motional, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Hiring at this level covers in-house brand and marketing teams, streaming and media studios, and agencies that need designers who can run projects independently without heavy senior oversight.
Are there remote mid level motion designer jobs?
Yes, and the share is significant. About 29% of mid level motion designer openings are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, reflecting how widely studios and in-house teams have normalized distributed creative workflows. Mid level designers tend to qualify for these arrangements because they can manage their own timelines and communicate progress without daily in-person check-ins.
How do I move up to a mid level motion designer role?
The shift from entry level to mid level comes from deepening your ownership over time. Focus on taking full projects rather than individual tasks, building proficiency in at least one specialty such as 3D, character animation, or UI motion, and accumulating work where you can point to measurable outcomes. Seek feedback actively, study how senior designers solve problems, and look for opportunities to lead a project even informally before your title changes.
Which industries hire the most mid level motion designers?
Mid Level motion designer roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Electronics & Hardware, and Energy, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. These sectors drive hiring at this level because they need designers who can produce polished, on-brand motion work consistently and with minimal ramp-up time on each project.