Motion Planning Engineer

Woven Planet Holdings Co•Ann Arbor, MI

63d•$112,000 - $184,000

About The Position

Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota's once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation - expanding what "mobility" means and how it serves society. Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we're working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all. Team Woven by Toyota's Advanced AD/ADAS organization is developing the core algorithms for safe and robust driving of complex and uncertain real-world environments. Our teams are contributing to next generation autonomy and ADAS active safety systems through core algorithms, data-driven approaches, and efficient architectures. Who are we Looking for? We are looking for a motion planning engineer with experience in AD/ADAS to develop and apply optimization algorithms for motion planning; an engineer who is excited to work with others on a cross-functional team to develop world-leading capabilities; an engineer who is passionate about applying the results of their efforts to improve the lives of millions through safety and mobility.

Requirements

You possess an M.S., Ph.D., or equivalent, in Robotics, Control, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or other quantitative fields.
You have 3+ years of experience in development of motion planning and decision making algorithms, e.g. trajectory optimization, sampling-based planning, model predictive control, and machine learning.
Hands-on experience with architecture design and building a planning stack for autonomous robots.
You are proficient in C++, and may have familiarity with Python or other programming languages.
You are an excellent communicator, skilled collaborator, and principled colleague.
You have strong R&D potential in algorithm design, data-driven approaches to safety, and large-scale systems architecture.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, deploy, and evaluate state of the art algorithms and capabilities for vehicle motion planning.
Enhance driving performance by formulating driving objectives in a trajectory optimization framework.
Use metrics to measure, validate, Improve performance through testing in simulation and on roads.
Design reusable software components as part of an integrated system.
Understand and fulfill the software practices that produce maintainable code, including simulation, continuous integration, code review, HIL testing, and in-vehicle testing.
Collaborate closely with teams like Perception, Control, Simulation, Infrastructure, Tooling to drive unified solutions.