Senior Path Planning Engineer

Micropolis Holding; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Micropolis Holding seeks a Senior Path Planning Engineer to design path planning and high-level control algorithms for autonomous vehicles, enabling safe and efficient navigation.

You will work on behavior planning, trajectory generation, obstacle avoidance, speed planning, parking, and vehicle trajectory tracking across urban, closed community, and off-road environments. Strong C++14/17 skills and real-time software experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in path planning and control systems.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Strong understanding of motion planning and control algorithms for autonomous systems.
• Hands-on experience with path planning algorithms (A*, Hybrid A*, RRT, lattice planning, etc.).
• Trajectory generation and optimization.
• Behavior planning and decision-making systems.
• Cost maps and occupancy grid-based planning.
• Vehicle kinematics and dynamics in Model Predictive Control (MPC).
• Trajectory tracking methods.
• Strong programming skills in modern C++ 14/17.
• Experience developing real-time and high-performance software systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop autonomous vehicle path planning and high-level control algorithms for safe and efficient navigation.
• Develop key capabilities including behavior planning, trajectory generation, obstacle avoidance, speed planning, parking, and vehicle trajectory tracking.
• Work on multiple autonomous driving stacks including urban, closed community, and off-road environments.

Skills

Path planning

Control systems

A* / Hybrid A*

RRT

Lattice planning

MPC

Trajectory generation

Trajectory tracking

C++14/17

ROS/ROS2

Real-time software

CI/CD

Version control

System integration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Robotics/Mechatronics

Tools

ROS/ROS2

CARLA

Isaac Sim

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Path Planning Engineer to design the path planning and high-level control algorithms that navigate our autonomous vehicles safely and efficiently. We are looking for a Senior Path Planning Engineer to design the path planning and high-level control algorithms that navigate our autonomous vehicles safely and efficiently.

Role Responsibilities

• Design and develop autonomous vehicle path planning and high-level control algorithms for safe and efficient navigation.
• Develop key capabilities including behavior planning, trajectory generation, obstacle avoidance, speed planning, parking, and vehicle trajectory tracking.
• Work on multiple autonomous driving stacks including urban, closed community, and off-road environments.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in path planning and control systems.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Strong understanding of motion planning and control algorithms for autonomous systems.
• Hands-on experience with path planning algorithms (A*, Hybrid A*, RRT, lattice planning, etc.).
• Trajectory generation and optimization.
• Behavior planning and decision-making systems.
• Cost maps and occupancy grid-based planning.
• Vehicle kinematics and dynamics in Model Predictive Control (MPC).
• Trajectory tracking methods.
• Strong programming skills in modern C++ 14/17.
• Experience developing real-time and high-performance software systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on autonomous driving or robotics navigation systems.
• Experience with behavior trees or state machine-based decision systems.
• Experience with ROS/ROS2.
• Experience with simulation tools such as CARLA and Isaac Sim.
• Experience integrating planning modules with perception and localization stacks.
• Proven experience contributing to medium- to large-scale software systems using collaborative development practices (e.g., CI/CD, version control, code reviews, and system integration workflows).