Senior Motion Planning Engineer - Trajectory Generation

Mission Summary:

On our Motion team, 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.

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 motion control and trajectory optimization algorithms to ensure safe and comfortable vehicle motion 
• Design and build robust and scalable software that enables real on-road impact by evaluating different control techniques and motion planning algorithms
• Provides high-quality code and design reviews (C++) based on a deep understanding of the teams’ services and technologies
• Leverage modern development toolchains, including testing, simulation, and continuous integration, to enable rapid development cycles
  
  

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