Cutting-edge technology amid leadership changes - Senior Software Engineer Motional Employee Review

5.0
May 25, 2026
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Pros

State of the art technology

Cons

Changes in leadership and org structure

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5.0
Mar 23, 2026
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Pros

Top world class talent Lean teams with meaningful mission and personnel Agile tech World class software development and simulation tools Friendly environment With multiple offices and remote setup

Cons

The Asian office is in an opposite time zone, which makes some meetings too late or too early in the US.

4.0
Jul 4, 2026
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Pros

Excellent place to learn and grow a career. In software, especially cloud and data products, very kind and collaborative culture of people who work hard to learn and grow. Very good benefits package. Lots of room to have autonomy and to be a builder and a maintainer. Leadership team requires that promotion cases demonstrate real business impact, which makes it a good environment to learn how to be impactful.

Cons

Significant portion of company located in Singapore can be awkward for a few select roles. The company is past the funnest startup phases and needs to be aligned with frugal, fiscally conservative safety-first culture of South Korean Hyundai (parent company). Equity package looks inflated on paper by about 3-4x (the stock options are little more than a tax complication). Lots of red tape. Company moves slow. Cross-functional nature of domain-scoped teams requires program management and a bit of bureaucracy to get many things done. Leadership leverages the glass ceiling effect very effectively, which can have the unfortunate effect of orienting engineers to business problems instead of engineering.

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