James Esper

James Esper is a Senior Software Engineer at Motional, where contributions focus on developing autonomous mobility technologies since March 2018. Prior experience includes a role as Senior Software Engineer at Autodesk, contributing to the ReCap desktop application, and a significant tenure at QinetiQ North America, where James took on technical leadership in the Engineer Squad Robot project and advanced Talon IV autonomy. Additional experience includes positions as a Platform Hardware Intern at Network Appliance and a Co-op/Graduate Intern at ANSYS, Inc. James holds a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.