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Senior Motion Planning Engineer - Trajectory Generation
MotionalBoston, MA · Remote · full time · Senior
$172,000 – $229,000
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What this role is
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.
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What they ask for
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