Senior Motion Planning Engineer — Autonomous Driving

Gatik; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Gatik is seeking senior or staff software engineers to join the planning team to build motion planning and decision-making systems for its autonomous vehicles. You will design, implement, and validate algorithms for planning and behavior on urban roads and highways, advancing safety and reliability in real-world deployments.

This onsite role at Mountain View, CA, five days a week emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and maturing algorithms to production

Qualifications

• Ph.D. with 3+ years of industry experience or Master’s with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Deep expertise in search-based planning, MPC, optimization, and/or trajectory generation.
• Proficient in C++ with hands-on experience in Python.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing real-time on-device behaviour and motion planning algorithms.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with engineers on system integration and deployment.
• Strong background in conducting code and design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test motion and behaviour planning algorithms for autonomous driving on urban roads and highways.
• Own end-to-end path planning and decision-making systems to ensure safe, smooth, and predictable vehicle behavior.
• Build tools to prioritize and debug issues and contribute to simulation architecture for training, testing, prototyping, and validation.
• Develop understanding of constraints and challenges of path planning for Gatik’s use case and ODD.
• Own vehicle functions end-to-end, integrate algorithms into Gatik’s software stack, and mature them to production quality.
• Automate scenario generation of on-road experiences using analytical and learned techniques.

Skills

Motion planning

MPC

Optimization

Trajectory generation

C++

Python

Cross-functional collaboration

Code reviews

Education

PhD in a related field

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

None

Job description

Gatik is seeking senior or staff software engineers to join the planning team to build motion planning and decision-making systems for its autonomous vehicles. You will design, implement, and validate algorithms for planning and behavior on urban roads and highways, advancing safety and reliability in real-world deployments.

This onsite role at Mountain View, CA, five days a week emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and maturing algorithms to production