Helm.ai
Software Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles (Motion Planning)
Remote - US · Full-time · Posted Jul 23, 2026
- Education
- MS/PhD in robotics, Computer science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
About the job
Designs and validates motion-planning software for autonomous vehicles, including behavior decisions and trajectory generation for safe, real-time driving.
What you'll do
- Architect behavior-planning logic and generate trajectories balancing safety, comfort, and vehicle progress.
- Translate traffic rules and ODD constraints into safe planning behaviors and address real-world edge cases.
- Integrate planning with other vehicle modules and validate solutions through simulations, trials, and on-road testing.
What they ask for
- MS/PhD in robotics, Computer science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
- C++ and Python.
- Familiarity with planning algorithms and decision architectures such as FSMs and behavior trees.
- Understanding of vehicle kinematics and dynamics; hands-on experience with ROS/ROS2 or comparable autonomous middleware.
Nice to have
- Experience shipping a planner on public roads and analyzing real-world disengagement data.
- Experience with CARLA or custom in-house scenario frameworks.
Tools
C++, Python, ROS/ROS2, CARLA
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