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Principal Software Engineer, Motion Planning

Remote
USD 250k - 450k
C++ Docker
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Description
The Team
You are joining a growing team that is responsible for motion planning, controls, and behaviors for Outrider’s autonomous trucks. This team is collaborative and committed to continuous improvement. Team members use tools such as off-the-shelf simulation software and data analytics to understand the performance of the product at scale in diverse situations, and they maintain a state-of-the-art motion planning stack by routinely studying new techniques from the research community. Leadership, growth, and development opportunities are plentiful.
 
The Role
As a full-time Principal Motion Planning Engineer, you will develop and deploy high-performance software that is responsible for controlling the behaviors of our automated electric yard truck that transports trailers around customer sites. You will steer and execute the technical strategy for our planning stack. You will collaboratively solve big technical challenges together with a talented engineering team that is customer-focused and motivated to make this product a reality. You will have the support of a leadership that is laser focused on a product.

Duties & Responsibilities 

  • Design, implement, and deploy motion planning and controls algorithms
  • Develop cutting-edge C++ software running on autonomous vehicles that controls their maneuvers and avoids collision with nearby obstacles
  • Build new features to support the needs of our customers in global distribution centers
  • Monitor performance metrics of our product operating at customer sites and develop new performance metrics to meet the customers’ needs
  • Contribute generally to the growth and success of Outrider and the building of a vibrant culture focused on the responsible deployment of zero-emission autonomous vehicle technology
  • Provide technical and theoretical guidance to planning team
  • Communicate and distill evaluations and results to the leadership
  • Help to design/improve our key tools: simulation, evaluation, compute
  • Lead cross functional efforts with the other autonomy stakeholders  and upstream/downstream components

Qualifications 

  • Familiarity with state of the art, best practices, and research in motion planning and controls
  • Ability to design, implement, and deploy motion planning and control software stacks
  • A growth mindset
  • Strong C++ software development skills
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Fluency in English
  • Recurring success in multiple technical projects of increasing complexity
  • Proven success developing motion planning and controls software for a robot or autonomous vehicle outside of the laboratory
  • Degree in CS or equivalent

Ideal Qualifications 

  • Experience with software development on autonomous vehicles
  • Experience working on safety certifiable autonomous systems
  • Familiarity with the robot operating system (ROS)
  • Experience with containerised environments, such as Docker

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $250,000 - $450,000+
  • Equity: Significant equity package commensurate on experience and skills
  • Benefits: Full health benefits
  • Fully remote, with exciting opportunities to travel to our Denver headquarters for team collaborations and special events.
  • Home office stipend up to $500 to help you create a comfortable and productive workspace.
  • Actual compensation is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor

 

 

 

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