AeroVect

AeroVect

Senior Planning Engineer (Autonomy)

San Francisco, CA, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1698 days ago
PythonC++LinuxLogisticsSystems EngineeringRoboticsMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

  • Backed by top-tier investors, AeroVect is shaping the future of structured autonomy, beginning with self-driving tow tractors.
  • If you have a passion for applying autonomous driving technologies to impact the flow of goods for millions of people, we want to talk to you!
  • include designing, implementing, testing, and documenting robotics systems and features in C/C++ on desktop and embedded platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Define, implement, and own hands-on improvements to upgrade the core planner module, targeting milestones, growing the team, and working with internal/external partners - expect to spend 80% of your time performing hands-on development, with the remaining 20% leading the planning module roadmap, including directing schedule, removing obstacles, and coaching the team to hit aggressive milestones.
  • Lead a team of engineers bringing up all components necessary for reliable autonomous driving in the airside environment, including vehicle corridors and the apron.
  • Design, implement, test, and support all aspects of ground vehicle autonomy, including planning, prediction, perception, localization, controls, and infrastructure subsystems
  • Collaborate with vehicle engineering to create an integrated system, including sensor/compute selection and integration

Requirements

  • Strong theoretical knowledge of one or more areas of planning: trajectory generation, behavior planning

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree candidate in Computer Science, Math, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or related field
  • Strong C++ (preferred) or Python programming and algorithmic problem solving skills
  • Working experience in a Linux based Operating System
  • Experience using the Robot Operating System (ROS) framework and tools like Rviz, rqt, tf, etc.
  • Strong reasoning skills and mathematics background including linear algebra, geometry, calculus, optimization, and probability to name a few
  • Experience with field testing autonomous systems
  • Highly collaborative nature and exceptional communicator
  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Math, Robotics or a related field

This listing is sourced directly from AeroVect's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.