Principal Engineer Motion Planning

Role Responsibilities

• Develop a variety of algorithms on planning for autonomous driving, including but not limited to search-based methods, sampling-based methods, optimization-based methods, linear-temporal logic, and decision making under uncertainty.
• Integrate and evaluate combinations of motion planning and prediction algorithms.
• Design and build a robust and scalable codebase that enables rapid exploration and evaluation of different motion planning approaches and algorithms.
• Interface with perception and prediction components upstream and trajectory optimization and tracking & control components downstream.
• Participate in code reviews and mentoring sessions with senior team members.
• Develop a culture of product focused engineering, research, and development.

• Bachelor’s required, Masters or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven impact and expertise in the robotics / autonomous vehicle field.
• 2+ years of research experience in robotics / motion planning.
• 2+ years of C++ software development.
• Past experience taking projects from problem formulation through implementation and deployment.
• Thirst for knowledge and continuous innovation.

Minimum salary of $172,020/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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