Motional

Motional

Senior Motion Planning Engineer - Trajectory Generation

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$172k-$229kDetected 22 days ago
PythonC++AlgorithmsCI/CDMachine LearningRoboticsElectrical EngineeringResearchCollaboration

About the role

  • If you are passionate about autonomous driving, thrive on solving challenging optimization problems, and are eager to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving field, we want to hear from you.
  • Salary Range $172,000 - $229,000 USD Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.
  • Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.

Responsibilities

  • Understands and explains trade-offs, complex concepts to peers and leaders to drive decisions.
  • Collaborate with teams working on (ML) decision/behavior planning, prediction, and vehicle control to build comprehensive and integrated solutions
  • Creates project proposals that drive long-term technical roadmaps and span multiple sub-systems.
  • Mentor junior team members to develop a culture of product-focused engineering, research, and development.
  • Past experience owning and leading technical development on features from problem formulation, algorithm design, through implementation
  • We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect.
  • To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads.
  • We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of C++ software development
  • Experience with Model Predictive Control (MPC), motion planning, planning under uncertainty, vehicle dynamics and control, and simulation environments
  • Experience with optimization solvers (IPOPT, Gurobi, etc)

Nice to have

  • Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Skills

  • Leverage modern development toolchains, including testing, simulation, and continuous integration, to enable rapid development cycles

Compensation

  • $172,000 - $229,000 USD
  • Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We're driven by something more.
  • Our journey is always people first.
  • We aren't just developing driverless cars
  • we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect.
  • Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.

Benefits

  • Knowledge of Python is a bonus
  • This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity.
  • The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
  • Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional's benefits program.
  • Motional's benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Company info

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