Motion Planning Engineer – L4 Autonomy, Flexible Hours

Embotech; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Embotech, a Zurich-based award-winning software scale-up, seeks a Motion Planning Software Engineer to join the Motion Planning and Controls team and build full-stack L4 autonomous driving systems for private grounds. You will extend our core tech by designing, developing and testing motion planning software for automated tractors and vehicle marshalling projects.

We offer an exciting role in a fast-growing company with flexible hours and an international atmosphere.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in robotics, mechanical/electrical engineering, or CS.
• Strong background in motion planning for robotics/autonomous driving.
• Proficiency in C++ for production-quality code.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and optimise motion planning and control algorithms for L4 autonomous driving, owning features from concept to deployment.
• Integrate optimisation-based and learning-based approaches into our stack.
• Write and review modern C++ code using the latest AI tools, whilst adhering to software engineering best practices.
• Test the motion planning stack in simulation and on our own test vehicles.
• Document code, designs and test results clearly and concisely.
• Collaborate with systems, software and perception engineers to deliver a well integrated autonomous driving stack.
• Review requirements and test specifications.
• Travel occasionally to customer or test sites.

Skills

Motion planning

Optimal control (MPC)

Production C++ coding

Team collaboration

English proficiency

Education

MSc or PhD in robotics or related field

Tools

Docker

Python

Matlab

Rust

Lua

CI/CD

Job description

Embotech, a Zurich-based award-winning software scale-up, seeks a Motion Planning Software Engineer to join the Motion Planning and Controls team and build full-stack L4 autonomous driving systems for private grounds. You will extend our core tech by designing, developing and testing motion planning software for automated tractors and vehicle marshalling projects.

We offer an exciting role in a fast-growing company with flexible hours and an international atmosphere.