# Senior Motion Planning Engineer - Trajectory Generation

Hiring organization: [Motional](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/motional)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b41e0d25-8ff5-43b1-bd02-3ab4d6b91184

Listed on Motional's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Boston, MA
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 172000 – 229000 USD per year

## Summary

This role develops motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms for autonomous vehicles at a company operating production robotaxis. You'll design control systems and work across teams on vehicle behavior, suitable for someone with robotics expertise who wants to influence real-world autonomous driving systems.

_Our summary, not Motional's wording._

## Skills named

C++, Monte Carlo Simulation, Python

## Required

- 3+ years C++ development
- Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- Experience with Model Predictive Control, motion planning, planning under uncertainty, vehicle dynamics and control
- Understanding of numerical optimization algorithms
- Experience with optimization solvers
- Technical leadership on features from problem formulation through implementation

## Nice to have

- Master's or PhD degree
- Python knowledge

Apply on Motional's site: https://motional.com/open-positions/?gh_jid=7789999003#/7789999003