Motion Planning Engineer - Trajectory Generation
On our Motion team, you will have the unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic team consisting of world class talent that is responsible for delivering robust trajectory generation algorithms for Motional’s commercial driverless endeavors. You will leverage your expertise in motion planning, robotics, and software development to advance the capabilities of production-ready autonomous vehicles. In this role, you will conduct innovative research, lead design processes, and implement performance-critical algorithms that enable safe, comfortable, and intuitive autonomous vehicle behaviors across Motional’s fleet of robotaxis. You will have the opportunity to work cross functionally with different stakeholders in the motion planning and controls team.
This role is at the intersection of product development and research. If you are passionate about autonomous driving, thrive on solving challenging optimization problems, and are eager to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving field, we want to hear from you.
Technical Scope
- Develop state-of-the-art trajectory optimization algorithms to ensure safe and comfortable vehicle motion, and integrate with the overall motion planning architecture
- Design and build robust and scalable software that enables real on-road impact by evaluating different control techniques and motion planning algorithms
- Provides high-
