Drimva

Applied Intuition

Software Engineer - Planning

$125K–$245K

Sunnyvale · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2022

Experience
3+ years building production software; experience developing planning solutions and shipping code for robotics or autonomous vehicles.
Education
Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field.

About the job

Develops and deploys motion-planning software that produces feasible trajectories for autonomous vehicles across varied driving environments.

What you'll do

  • Develop behavior software and planning modules for highway, city, and offroad autonomy.
  • Use lightweight map data and perception outputs to determine driving costs for planning.
  • Deploy planning modules to production hardware, test in the field, and collaborate with customers’ engineers.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
  • 3+ years of experience building production software using modern software practices.
  • Experience developing planning solutions for autonomous vehicles or other mobile robots and shipping code for robotics or autonomous vehicles.
  • Fluency in writing modern, high-performance C++ code.

Nice to have

  • A MSc or PhD in computer science or applied mathematics with coursework or research experience in planning.
  • Experience writing safety-critical C++ software or hands-on experience developing and testing planning algorithms on an autonomous vehicle.

Pay

$125K – $245K (base salary; currency not stated)

Tools

C++, ML, SD maps

AI focus

Leverages ML components for autonomous driving behavior and develops planning modules for autonomous vehicles.

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