Autonomous Map Fusion & Motion Planning Engineer

Didi Labs; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

DiDi Autonomous Driving in San Jose, CA seeks a Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer to advance map fusion and motion planning for autonomous vehicles. You will bridge semantic HD maps, real-time perception, and trajectory generation.

Design scalable software, implement geometric and deep learning frameworks, and deploy end-to-end pipelines from Python training to high‑performance C++ runtime, ensuring safety and low latency.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in CS, robotics, EE or related field.
• 3+ years in software engineering for autonomous driving/robotics architecture or spatial computing; 5+ years for senior.
• Expert in production-grade C++ and proficient in Python.

Responsibilities

• Architect data flow pipelines and APIs for map fusion and motion planning.
• Design and deploy frameworks integrating offline HD maps with online perception.
• Develop end-to-end deployment for deep learning mapping models from Python training to C++ runtime.
• Optimize latency, memory, and multi-threaded performance in safety-critical modules.

Skills

C++ (Modern)

Python

Multi-threading

Memory management

Trajectory planning knowledge

ROS2

DDS

Education

B.S./M.S. or Ph.D. in CS/Robotics/EE

Tools

ONNX

TensorRT

Ceres Solver

OSQP

Ipopt

MapTR

VectorNet

Lanelet2/OpenDRIVE

RTOS

Job description

DiDi Autonomous Driving in San Jose, CA seeks a Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer to advance map fusion and motion planning for autonomous vehicles. You will bridge semantic HD maps, real-time perception, and trajectory generation.

Design scalable software, implement geometric and deep learning frameworks, and deploy end-to-end pipelines from Python training to high‑performance C++ runtime, ensuring safety and low latency.