pony.ai
Software Engineer, Decision Making & Path Planning
$120K–$200K
Fremont, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- General software engineering experience; no number of years specified.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science, ML, Robotics, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Develops planning, path-planning, safety, redundancy, and simulation systems for L4 autonomous vehicles navigating real-world traffic.
What you'll do
- Designs and develops high-performance, reliable L4 autonomous-driving planning algorithms and systems.
- Adds safety fallbacks to end-to-end model outputs and develops redundant, lower-compute autonomous-driving systems.
- Develops road-test data analysis systems and simulation platforms aligned with real-world scenarios.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, ML, Robotics, or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- General software engineering experience; proficiency in at least one mainstream programming language such as C, C++, Python, or Java.
- Familiarity with common data structures and algorithms.
- Strong communication, collaboration, problem transformation, and modeling skills.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, ML, Robotics, or a similar technical field.
- Experience solving motion-planning or related robotics problems.
Pay
$120,000 - $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Python, Java
AI focus
Optimizes and adds safety fallbacks to end-to-end model outputs for autonomous driving.
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