PlusAI
Principal Engineer / Director, Motion Planning
$200K–$280K
Santa Clara, CA · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2024
- Experience
- 7–10 years; the posting also mentions equivalent practical experience for the education requirement.
- Education
- MS or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads a team developing safety-critical motion forecasting and planning software for autonomous vehicles, while guiding projects and building machine-learning pipelines from research through production.
What you'll do
- Lead and expand the motion forecasting and planning team; actively code and prototype algorithms.
- Own planning, execution, and delivery of autonomous-driving projects, including scalable ML pipelines.
- Ensure technical work and team processes meet customer, regulatory, and quality requirements; report progress to leadership and cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- 7–10 years of experience building data-driven, fault-tolerant systems.
- Proven record of delivering a deep-learning-based system.
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong C++ and Python skills for robust, efficient, safety-critical software.
Nice to have
- Experience in deep learning, mobile robotics, geometric modeling, or trajectory generation.
- Extensive experience designing and building modern planning systems.
Pay
$200,000 - 280,000 (USD; base salary)
Tools
C++, Python
AI focus
Develops autonomous-driving motion forecasting and planning; prototypes novel algorithms and scales ML pipelines for training, validation, deployment, and monitoring.
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