Staff Motion Planning Engineer - Autonomous Ground Ops

AeroVect; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy and is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build planning systems for autonomous driving in airside environments. You will own the mission, behavior, and motion planners, drive architecture, and collaborate with perception, controls, and systems teams to deliver production-grade autonomy for airport ground support equipment.

This role reports to the Planning Tech Lead and includes mentoring engineers and evaluating new planning

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS, math, EE, robotics, physics, or related field.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing and implementing planning modules for autonomous systems.
• Strong C++ (preferred) or Python and Linux experience.
• Ability to tackle ambiguous technical problems and deliver well-architected solutions.
• Excellent communication, proactivity, and ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and iterate mission, behavior, and motion planners for autonomous ground support equipment in airport airside environments.
• Drive planning stack architecture, algorithms, and interfaces across the team.
• Prototype and evaluate planning approaches and bring best ideas to production.
• Collaborate with perception, controls, localization, and systems engineering teams for integrated autonomy.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, guidance, and design discussions.

Skills

C++

Python

Planning modules

Linux

System architecture

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Math/EE/Robotics/Physics

Tools

ROS/ROS2

DDS frameworks

MISRA/ISO 26262

Linux tooling

Job description

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy and is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build planning systems for autonomous driving in airside environments. You will own the mission, behavior, and motion planners, drive architecture, and collaborate with perception, controls, and systems teams to deliver production-grade autonomy for airport ground support equipment.

This role reports to the Planning Tech Lead and includes mentoring engineers and evaluating new planning