Senior Motion Planning Engineer

Motional • Boston, MA

105d • $168,000 - $225,000

About The Position

On our Motion Planning team, you'll apply your passion in robotics and software development for production-ready autonomous vehicles. In this role you'll perform research, develop algorithms, and build software to generate safe, comfortable, and intuitive routes and motions.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees