SW Engineer Motion Planning

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group >
Software Engineering General

Summary:

As a Staff engineer, you will be part of the SW team responsible for Motion Planning of the next-generation L2-L4 Automated driving stack. Your work will span production, pre‑production, and demo development over the immediate-to‑5+ year product horizon. You will work with high independence and lead in‑ and inter‑team topics while coaching and supporting peers to foster team growth. The team is agile, cross‑site, cross‑functional and has end‑to‑end responsibility on the SW level.

You will jointly own the Motion Planning algorithms and their implementation, ensuring quality, and scaling during the entire product lifecycle – from concept through to implementation, integration, V&V, production, and addressing post‑production defects.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Ph.D. in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

• M.Sc. or Ph.D. in computer science, robotics, or similar
• Strong background and working experience with Trajectory Optimization (Multi‑objective optimization, MPC, LQR, NLP, QP, etc.)
• Experience with Decision Making for robotics
• Advanced C++, version control
• Software Engineering expertise
• Test‑driven development experience
• Background in AD/ADAS feature or system development
• Path finding expertise
• Experience with robust software design for safety‑critical systems
• Experience with embedded systems
• Familiarity with dependability (FUSA/SOTIF)
• Familiarity with Automotive SW standards (AUTOSAR, MISRA)
• Experience in Requirements Engineering

• Leverages advanced Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.
• Analyzes user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints to design and customize software for optimal operational efficiency.
• Designs and implements software modules for large‑scale products and systems.
• Participates in and leads design, coding, unit testing, debugging, and integration efforts to ensure projects are completed to specifications and schedules.
• Performs complex code reviews and regression tests as well as triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code.
• Collaborates with individuals outside the software function (e.g., Hardware, Systems, and Test engineers) to ensure solutions work with other components of a specific project.
• Writes detailed technical documentation for complex Software projects.

• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision‑making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).
• Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem‑solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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