Motional is looking to apply robotics and software development for production-ready autonomous vehicles by developing algorithms and building software to generate safe, comfortable, and intuitive routes and motions.
Requirements
- Proven impact and expertise in the robotics / autonomous vehicle field.
- 2+ years of research experience in robotics / motion planning
- 2+ years of C++ software development
- Past experience taking projects from problem formulation through implementation and deployment
Responsibilities
- Develop a variety of algorithms on planning for autonomous driving, including but not limited to search-based methods, sampling-based methods, optimization-based methods, linear-temporal logic, and decision making under uncertainty.
- Integrate and evaluate combinations of motion planning and prediction algorithms
- Design and build robust and scalable codebase that enables rapid exploration and evaluation of different motion planning approaches and algorithms.
- Interface with perception and prediction components upstream and trajectory optimization and tracking & control components downstream
- Participate in code reviews and mentoring sessions with senior team members
- Develop a culture of product focused engineering, research, and development
Other
- Bachelor's required, Masters or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- Thirst for knowledge and continuous innovation
- Minimum salary of $172,020/year + bonus + equity + benefits
- Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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