VP of Vehicle and Telematics - Remote
Location: Elkins Park
Posted on: June 23, 2025
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Job Description:
Who we are: Motive empowers the people who run physical
operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive,
and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations
and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment,
and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry
leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and
control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating
and simplifying tasks. Motive serves more than 120,000 customers –
from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide
range of industries, including transportation and logistics,
construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture,
food and beverage, retail, and the public sector. About the Role:
As VP of Vehicle and Telematics, you will lead the design,
development, and scaling of Motive’s telematics platform — a
critical capability that powers connected fleets worldwide. You’ll
guide multiple teams delivering firmware, mobile, and backend
systems that span from embedded vehicle hardware to cloud-based
fleet intelligence. Your leadership will directly influence the
safety, reliability, and efficiency of our customers’ operations.
In this role, you are expected to act like the General Manager (GM)
for the vehicle telematics business area — owning not just
engineering execution, but the overall success of the platform.
Acting like a GM means: Owning business outcomes: You’re
accountable for the success of telematics features and products,
including customer satisfaction, performance, and scalability.
Driving cross-functional alignment: You’ll work across Product,
Hardware, Data, Sales, Support, and Operations to ensure the
vehicle telematics platform delivers end-to-end value. Managing
platform strategy: You will shape the roadmap, set priorities, and
make tradeoffs to maximize long-term impact across customer needs
and business goals. Making resource decisions: You will assess
build-vs-buy, team sizing, and third-party investments — treating
your domain like an autonomous business within Motive. Leading with
urgency and ownership: You will roll up your sleeves to close gaps,
respond to escalations, and ensure that delivery and quality are
never compromised. This is a global leadership role, with
engineering teams distributed across San Francisco, Buffalo,
Taiwan, and India. You will have a rare opportunity to define and
grow a critical platform in a high-scale, fast-paced environment
that blends real-world data with intelligent software. What You’ll
Do: Lead global teams building advanced telematics firmware,
in-vehicle integrations, mobile platforms, and supporting cloud
services Architect and scale high-performance systems across
embedded platforms (bare metal, RTOS, Linux) and mobile OS, with
backend infrastructure for configuration, provisioning, OTA updates
(FOTA), and diagnostics Collaborate with Product, Hardware, and
Data Science teams to design customer-focused solutions for safety,
reliability, and vehicle intelligence Set clear goals, metrics, and
ownership across distributed teams; deliver platform-wide
initiatives on schedule and at high quality Establish and improve
our end-to-end Product Development Lifecycle, with a focus on
automated testing, CI/CD, and validation Mentor and develop
engineering leaders; foster a culture of technical excellence,
accountability, and ownership Partner with external engineering
firms to accelerate delivery when appropriate Serve as system-level
software architect connecting embedded, mobile, server, and
manufacturing systems What We’re Looking For: 15 years of
engineering experience, with 5 years in senior leadership roles
across embedded and cloud systems Proven success shipping and
supporting high-scale connected hardware platforms — millions of
devices in market Strong foundation in backend system design —
experience with microservices, event-driven architecture, data
streaming, and distributed systems Deep understanding of IoT
ecosystems — MQTT, edge computing, secure boot, OTA updates, device
provisioning, and telemetry collection Experience architecting and
operating high-throughput backend systems (e.g., Kafka, DynamoDB,
Redis, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP) Mastery of system performance,
observability, fault tolerance, and horizontal scaling in
production environments Proficient in multiple languages (e.g.,
C/C++, Python, Go, Java) across embedded and server contexts
Familiarity with vehicle communication protocols (e.g., CAN,
OBD-II, RP1226, FMS) and automotive data patterns Demonstrated
success leading globally distributed teams and scaling engineering
organizations Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence
technical strategy across cross-functional teams Understanding of
data compliance and security in the context of fleet and vehicle
data Expertise in telematics systems, including GPS tracking, OBD,
accelerometers, and video telematics integration Awareness of fleet
management applications including driver behavior monitoring, fuel
analytics, route optimization, and predictive maintenance
Experience with software QA processes, test automation, CI/CD
tooling, and metrics-driven quality management Why Join Us At
Motive, you’ll play a pivotal role in building the connected
vehicle platform that powers the backbone of the physical economy.
You’ll work with passionate teams solving meaningful problems at a
massive scale. We are committed to fostering a diverse and
inclusive workplace, and we welcome candidates from all
backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Join us in driving the
future of intelligent operations. Creating a diverse and inclusive
workplace is one of Motives core values. We are an equal
opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds,
experiences, abilities and perspectives. The applicant must be
authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies
controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is
Motives policy to require that employees be authorized to receive
access to Motive products and technology.
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