Principal Motion Planning Engineer
Posted on 12/8/2022
INACTIVE
Motional

1,001-5,000 employees

Designer & manufacturer of AVs
Company Overview
Motional is making driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. The company is commercializing a world-class driverless system that is building the future of the automotive industry.
AI & Machine Learning
Robotics & Automation

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$165.5M

Founded

2020

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

24%
Locations
Milpitas, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Python
Data Structures & Algorithms
Pytorch
C/C++
CategoriesNew
AI & Machine Learning
Requirements
  • 8+ years research experience in robotics motion planning
  • 5+ years C++ software development
  • Past experience owning and leading technical development on features from problem formulation through implementation and deployment
  • Thirst for knowledge and continuous innovation
  • Education: Masters or PhD degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
Responsibilities
  • Perform research and build algorithms from design, prototyping, testing, deployment, to productization
  • 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
  • Use software development expertise to teach others best software practices and principles
  • Develop clean software for the motion planning and decision-making modules that sit at the core of autonomous driving systems and interface with all other key modules such localization, control, and perception
  • Be a lead team member providing mentorship and contributing to technical strategy, with or without direct reports
  • Guide and mentor junior team members to develop a culture of product focused engineering, research, and development
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in Machine Learning is a : deep learning, Python, PyTorch, planning under uncertainty, prediction