Senior Motion Planning Engineer - Trajectory Generation

5 hours, 45 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Motional

Motional

Motional is a leading company in driverless technology and autonomous vehicles, leveraging decades of industry expertise to develop and deploy safe and reliable autonomous vehicles. With a powerful DNA combining Aptiv's automotive technology and Hyunda...

Automotive
1K-5K
Founded 2020
$20M raised

Description

  • Develop motion control and trajectory optimization algorithms to enable safe and comfortable vehicle motion.
  • Design and build robust, scalable software that supports on-road evaluation of control techniques and motion planning algorithms.
  • Write high-quality C++ code and participate in design reviews based on a deep understanding of the team’s services and technologies.
  • Use testing, simulation, and continuous integration toolchains to support rapid development cycles.
  • Collaborate with teams working on decision and behavior planning, prediction, and vehicle control to build integrated solutions.
  • Explain trade-offs and complex technical concepts to peers and leaders to support decision-making.
  • Create project proposals that inform long-term technical roadmaps across multiple sub-systems.
  • Mentor junior team members and help foster a product-focused engineering and research culture.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of C++ software development experience.
  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Experience with Model Predictive Control (MPC), motion planning, planning under uncertainty, vehicle dynamics and control, and simulation environments.
  • Understanding of numerical optimization algorithms such as interior point methods and sequential quadratic programming.
  • Experience with optimization solvers such as IPOPT and Gurobi.
  • Past experience owning and leading technical development of features from problem formulation through algorithm design and implementation.
  • Knowledge of Python is a bonus.
  • Experience evaluating control techniques and motion planning algorithms is preferred.
  • Experience using modern development toolchains, including testing, simulation, and continuous integration, is preferred.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $172,000 to $229,000 USD.
  • Additional compensation may include a bonus and company equity.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance.
  • Pet insurance.
  • Hybrid schedule with in-office time in Boston or Pittsburgh, or the option to work fully remote.

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