Senior Autonomy Planning Scientist: Lead Research & Systems

VENTI TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Venti Technologies Pte. Ltd. in Singapore seeks a Staff Planning Research Scientist to steer the planning module of the autonomy stack, defining roadmaps and guiding algorithmic innovation across perception, prediction, and control.

You will mentor researchers, validate ideas in simulation and real deployments, and translate theory into robust, production-ready planning systems that are safe, efficient, and scalable.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Master’s in CS/Robotics with focus on planning or autonomous systems.
• Strong background in planning algorithms and decision-making frameworks.
• Experience with real-world autonomous systems and ROS is required.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term research and development roadmap for planning within the autonomy stack.
• Design, analyze, and validate advanced routing, behavior, and motion planning algorithms.
• Lead integration of planning with perception, prediction, localization, and control systems.
• Evaluate research trends and guide ideas to production-ready systems.
• Establish methods to evaluate planning performance under real-world conditions.
• Provide technical guidance to researchers and engineers.

Skills

Planning algorithms

ROS

System integration

Leadership

Communication

Education

Ph.D. or Master's in CS/Robotics

Tools

Gazebo

PyTorch

Job description

Venti Technologies Pte. Ltd. in Singapore seeks a Staff Planning Research Scientist to steer the planning module of the autonomy stack, defining roadmaps and guiding algorithmic innovation across perception, prediction, and control.

You will mentor researchers, validate ideas in simulation and real deployments, and translate theory into robust, production-ready planning systems that are safe, efficient, and scalable.