Job Description
A senior or staff software engineer role focused on designing and implementing motion planning and decision-making systems for autonomous vehicles, ensuring safe and efficient operation in real-world environments. The position involves developing algorithms, integrating perception and control constraints, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to mature autonomous driving products.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and optimize the motion planning stack for autonomous vehicles.
- Develop lattice-based, sampling-based, and optimization-based planners for trajectory generation.
- Integrate perception, prediction, and control constraints to generate context-aware motion plans.
- Collaborate with behavior planning, control, and mapping teams to ensure robust planning.
- Maintain and optimize C++ infrastructure for real-time trajectory generation and evaluation.
- Analyze simulation and on-road performance to identify and resolve failure cases.
Requirements
- Ph.D. with 3 years of experience in robotics, motion planning, or autonomous systems or Master's degree with 5 years of experience in robotics, motion planning, or autonomous systems.
- Deep expertise in at least two of the following areas: lattice-based planning, trajectory optimization, model predictive control, or search-based planning.
- Strong proficiency in C programming language, with experience in production-quality code for real-time or safety-critical systems.
- Solid understanding of vehicle dynamics, control interfaces, and motion feasibility constraints.
- Experience with simulation tools and debugging motion planner behavior in realistic driving environments.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range: 180,000-260,000 USD
Onsite work schedule: 5 days a week at Mountain View, CA
Collaborative and inclusive work environment emphasizing respect, agility, and diversity
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