Senior Motion Planning Architect for Fleet AMRs

ArcBest; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ArcBest seeks a Robotics Engineer III - Motion Planning to lead development and deployment of motion planning architectures for fleet AMR navigation. You will optimize planners, integrate with perception and control, and guide large-scale robotic coordination across sites.

The role emphasizes high-performance optimization, reinforcement learning-based planning, and fail-safe strategies, with leadership in mentoring engineers and collaborating across teams. On-site in Boston with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required in robotics, engineering, computer science, or related field.
• PhD preferred for advanced research and leadership.
• 4 years of robotics motion planning, AI-driven decision models, or multi-agent autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable motion planning frameworks for fleet-level AMR deployments.
• Develop and refine AI-driven motion planning (reinforcement learning, imitation learning, deep MPC).
• Implement real-time model predictive planners using CasADi, ACADOS, and convex/non-convex solvers.
• Design and implement advanced fail-safe motion planning strategies, including autonomous re-routing and recovery-based primitives.
• Enhance multi-agent coordination strategies for large-scale robotic path planning and collision avoidance.
• Decompose complex behaviors into modular, reusable tree structures.
• Integrate graph-based, hierarchical, and predictive planning models for decision-making.
• Deploy AI-based planning models and learning-based cost functions.
• Conduct large-scale simulation and on-robot validation for real-time performance.
• Optimize cost-aware, energy-efficient, and high-speed trajectory planning for AMRs.
• Ensure robust software development with CI/CD and fault-tolerant control.
• Lead cross-functional collaborations and mentor junior engineers in motion planning.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Motion planning

CasADi

ACADOS

C++/Python/ROS2

Multi-agent planning

Education

Master's degree in robotics/engineering/computer science

PhD in robotics/engineering/computer science

Tools

CasADi

ACADOS

ROS2

Job description

ArcBest seeks a Robotics Engineer III - Motion Planning to lead development and deployment of motion planning architectures for fleet AMR navigation. You will optimize planners, integrate with perception and control, and guide large-scale robotic coordination across sites.

The role emphasizes high-performance optimization, reinforcement learning-based planning, and fail-safe strategies, with leadership in mentoring engineers and collaborating across teams. On-site in Boston with travel as needed.