DiDi Global
Motion Planning Engineer (PhD, Intern)
San Jose, CA +1 · Internship · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
Mountain View, California, United States - Education
- Recently completed or soon-to-complete PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Develop and integrate motion-planning algorithms and systems for autonomous vehicles, testing their performance in simulation and with real-world data.
What you'll do
- Design behavioral, geometry, and velocity planning algorithms to produce safe, comfortable, and efficient trajectories.
- Model driving environments and agent behavior, and formulate optimization methods for trajectory selection under uncertainty.
- Test and debug planning systems, investigate root causes, and collaborate with Perception, Prediction, and Control teams.
What they ask for
- Recently completed or soon-to-complete PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Research or internship experience in at least one listed area: motion planning, behavioral planning, trajectory optimization and control, or multi-agent interaction modeling.
- Research ability demonstrated by publications in top-tier conferences.
- Hands-on experience implementing complex, real-time algorithms in C++.
Pay
$46 USD per hour (base pay)
Tools
C++
AI focus
Develop planning capabilities for autonomous vehicles, including decision-making, trajectory planning, and reasoning under uncertainty.
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