L4 Autonomous Driving Path Planning Engineer

Pony.ai

Fremont (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 200,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off

Job summary

Pony.ai is hiring for an autonomous driving team in Silicon Valley. You will work on architecture for L4 planning algorithms, optimize safety fallbacks, and build redundant systems that operate with lower compute and fewer sensors while maintaining safety and reliability.

You will also design road-test data analysis platforms and contribute to simulation environments to better reflect real-world scenarios. A BS in a technical field and strong programming skills are required, with excellent

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science, ML, Robotics, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Proficient in at least one mainstream programming language (C/C++, Python, Java).
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Strong problem transformation and modeling capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Design architecture and algorithms for high-performance L4 autonomous driving planning.
  • Optimize safety fallbacks and ensure end-to-end model outputs are safe.
  • Develop redundant systems meeting L4 requirements with limited compute and sensors.
  • Design and develop road-test big data analysis and processing systems.
  • Build simulation platforms using large road-test data to align with real-world tests.

Skills

C/C++
Python
Java
Algorithms
Communication

Education

BS in Computer Science/ML/Robotics or equivalent

Job description

Pony.ai is hiring for an autonomous driving team in Silicon Valley. You will work on architecture for L4 planning algorithms, optimize safety fallbacks, and build redundant systems that operate with lower compute and fewer sensors while maintaining safety and reliability.

You will also design road-test data analysis platforms and contribute to simulation environments to better reflect real-world scenarios. A BS in a technical field and strong programming skills are required, with excellent

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