Software Engineer Motion Planning (Autonomous Driving)

Foster City, CA, US • Posted 11 days ago • Updated 6 days ago

Full Time

On-site

$110000/yr

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Job Details

Skills

C++
Motion Planning
Autonomous Vehicles
RRT
Robot Operating System

Summary

Software Engineer - Motion Planning

Strong proficiency in C++.
Familiarity with foundational concepts of motion planning and pathfinding techniques
Experience with large-scale codebases, version control (e.g., Git), and software development workflows.
Eagerness to learn and debug complex, real-time systems.

Implement, debug, and test features and modifications to specific areas of driving behavior in our production code base.
Work closely with senior engineers to understand design specifications and deliver reliable, high-quality code.
Utilize our extensive backend tooling to run regression tests and validate your changes across various driving situations.
Participate in on-vehicle drive reviews, helping to collect data and generate actionable feedback on driving performance.

SW Developer:

Foster city: 2

Domain: Autonomous vehicle, Robotics, ADAS

1^st position : 1 to 3 yrs

2^nd: 3 to 5yrs

Strong proficiency in C++.

geometric and/or sampling-based planning algorithms.

Familiarity with foundational concepts of motion planning and pathfinding techniques (e.g., A*, RRTs, PRMs).

Experience with ROS, pose estimation, SLAM, probabilistic filtering, or CUDA

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Dice Id: 91071031
Position Id: 2026-13439
Posted 11 days ago

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