Staff Motion Planning Engineer for Autonomous Ground Ops

Kibbi; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build planning systems for autonomous ground support equipment at airport airside environments. You will own mission, behavior, and motion planning, influencing architecture and production readiness.

Join a cutting-edge team focusing on optimization, uncertainty handling, and real-time constraint solutions. Collaborate across perception, controls, and localization to deliver a robust autonomous driving stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Math, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or a related field.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing and implementing planning modules for autonomous systems shipped to production or deployed in real-world operations.
• Strong programming skills in C++ (preferred) or Python, and experience with Linux-based operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and iterate on the mission planner, behavior planner, and motion planner for autonomous ground support equipment operating in airport airside environments.
• Drive key technical decisions across the planning stack — selecting algorithms, defining interfaces, and establishing the architecture that the team builds on.
• Prototype and evaluate new planning approaches (e.g., optimization-based methods, search-based planners, learning-augmented pipelines) and bring the best ideas to production.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with perception, controls, localization, and systems engineering teams to deliver an integrated autonomous driving system.
• Establish and promote best practices in software development, functional safety, and systems engineering as they apply to the planning domain.
• Mentor other engineers through technical guidance, code review, and design discussions.

Skills

C++

Python

Linux

Planning

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

ROS/ROS2

DDS middleware

Job description

AeroVect is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build planning systems for autonomous ground support equipment at airport airside environments. You will own mission, behavior, and motion planning, influencing architecture and production readiness.

Join a cutting-edge team focusing on optimization, uncertainty handling, and real-time constraint solutions. Collaborate across perception, controls, and localization to deliver a robust autonomous driving stack.