Senior Motion Planning Engineer

Summary

Join Motional's Motion Planning team and contribute to the development of safe, comfortable, and intuitive autonomous vehicle routes and motions. You will perform research, develop algorithms, and build software for production-ready autonomous vehicles. Responsibilities include developing various motion planning algorithms, integrating and evaluating algorithms, designing and building a scalable codebase, interfacing with other system components, participating in code reviews and mentoring, and fostering a product-focused engineering culture. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required, with a Master's or PhD preferred. The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in robotics/autonomous vehicles, 2+ years of research experience in motion planning, and 2+ years of C++ software development experience. Motional offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, and more.

Requirements

• Bachelor's required, Masters or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or 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

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 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

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k with a company match
• Health saving accounts
• Life insurance
• Pet insurance