Staff SW Engineer Motion Planning

Qualcomm • Santa Clara, CA

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About The Position

As a Staff engineer, you will be part of the SW team responsible for Motion Planning of the next-generation L2-L4 Automated driving stack. Your work will span production, pre-production, and demo development over the immediate-to-5+ year product horizon. You will work with high independence and lead in- and inter-team topics while coaching and supporting peers to foster team growth. The team is agile, cross-site, cross-functional and has end-to-end responsibility on the SW level. You will jointly own the Motion Planning algorithms and their implementation, ensuring quality, and scaling during the entire product lifecycle - from concept through to implementation, integration, V&V, production, and addressing post-production defects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

Nice To Haves

• M.Sc. or Ph.D. in computer science, robotics, or similar
• Strong background and working experience with Trajectory Optimization (Multi-objective optimization, MPC, LQR, NLP, QP, etc.)
• Experience with Decision Making for robotics
• Advanced C++, version control
• Software Engineering expertise
• Test-driven development experience
• Background in AD/ADAS feature or system development
• Path finding expertise
• Experience with robust software design for safety-critical systems
• Experience with embedded systems
• Familiarity with dependability (FUSA/SOTIF)
• Familiarity with Automotive SW standards (AUTOSAR, MISRA)
• Experience in Requirements Engineering

Responsibilities

• Leverages advanced Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.
• Analyzes user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints to design and customize software for optimal operational efficiency.
• Designs and implements software modules for large-scale products and systems.
• Participates in and leads design, coding, unit testing, debugging, and integration efforts to ensure projects are completed to specifications and schedules.
• Performs complex code reviews and regression tests as well as triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code.
• Collaborates with individuals outside the software function (e.g., Hardware, Systems, and Test engineers) to ensure solutions work with other components of a specific project.
• Writes detailed technical documentation for complex Software projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees