Data Analyst, AV Performance Analysis

Mission Summary:

The Associate Data Analyst is a critical contributor within Global Operations, working at the intersection of data engineering and business analytics. You’ll design scalable data models, build production-ready pipelines, and develop self-service analytics that enable fast, informed decision-making across the organization. You’ll partner closely with AV test, systems, safety, and software teams to ensure data is not just accurate, but actionable. Your insights will directly influence operational execution, testing efficiency, and the performance of our autonomous vehicle technology—providing operational leadership and executives with a clear view into the analytical performance of our self-driving product.

What you'll be doing:

• Querying, analyzing, auditing, and presenting data reports on a variety of AV performance metrics to support AV Testing, Global Operations and executive leadership group.


• Be the primary owner of operational metrics storytelling, dashboard creation, and performance deep dives, translating complex trends into executive-ready insights.


• Develop and own clean, production-ready datasets that power reporting in Looker, Redash, and other visualization tools.


• Design and implement scalable data pipelines using tools like dbt, Python, and AWS to ingest, transform, and structure AV operational data.


• Apply best practices in data modeling, testing, version control, and documentation to ensure reproducibility and scalability.


• Perform comprehensive quality assurance, ensuring that data meet specifications and reports remain accurate and reliable even in the face of process and tool changes.


• Partner with Operations and Testing stakeholders to maintain a rapid and iterative feedback loop for metrics creation and monitoring.


• Proactively communicate insights and contribute to leadership reviews and team presentations.


• Collaborate with colleagues across different time zones and countries, which may require additional and/or non-standard working hours during any given week to work on projects or attend required meetings.


• Regularly communicate insights and lead portions of leadership reviews and team presentations.


• Show initiative and be a valued team member in our innovative, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where cooperative teamwork across locations is the norm.


• Other duties as assigned including travel to other Motional sites

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 a quantitative field -- including but not limited to Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, or equivalent knowledge and work experience.


• 2+ years of experience working in analytics engineering, data analytics, data science, or a similar technical role.


• Demonstrated problem solving skills and exemplary attention to detail.


• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and creative problem solving skills.


• Proficiency in Python, R, or a similar programming language for data analysis.


• Experience performing exploratory data analysis (EDA), data cleaning, and basic data exploration to identify patterns, anomalies, and insights.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with business intelligence methodologies and a strong understanding of statistics. ● Intermediate level experience with Linux and scripting languages (E.g: Bash/Shell, Python). ● Intermediate level experience with software engineering concepts, including requirements analysis, source control, build processes, design reviews.


• Experience using issue tracking and configuration management tools (E.g: Atlassian Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket, Git).


• Familiarity with Jira ( or similar issue tracking systems)
  

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 lift and move up to 50 pounds.

Travel Requirements (~10%) : expected to travel for about 1 week each quarter visiting all of our testing sites - mostly to LV, but also domestically as needed for the business.

Working Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here represent those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions, road conditions, and pedestrian traffic. The team member is regularly exposed to mechanical and computer parts. The team member is occasionally exposed to fumes and airborne particles. The noise level in the environment is low to moderate. When traveling, the team members will be exposed to airports, airplanes, hotels and public transportation environments.

This role is hybrid from our Pittsburgh, Boston, or Las Vegas offices. It requires two in-office days each week, ideally Tuesday and Thursday.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.

Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Salary Range

$104,000—$135,500 USD

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 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.