Senior Motion Planning Engineer for Autonomous Trucks

Plus 2; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch

Unlimited snacks

401(k) plan

Job summary

PlusAI is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Motion Planning team in California. You will research, develop, and implement planning technologies enabling safe, human-like driving in real-world scenarios.

You will work across the decision-making stack from reasoning to precise path execution in a production-grade system. Responsibilities include designing decision-making and trajectory algorithms, integrating CasADi/Acados, and collaborating with ML/prediction teams to handle probabilistic

Qualifications

• MS with 1-2 years of relevant experience, or PhD, in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
• Strong production software development skills in C++; Python experience a plus.
• Robotics expertise in path planning, motion planning, trajectory generation, behavior planning, or optimal control.
• Strong math (geometry, analysis, probability) and physics (kinematics, dynamics) fundamentals.
• Experience designing, implementing, and refining planning algorithms on a real-world robotic or vehicle platform.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement algorithms for decision-making and trajectory generation, ensuring safety, comfort, and reliability across a wide range of driving conditions.
• Bring novel robotics and machine learning techniques from research into a production-grade, safety-critical system.
• Reason about complex, socially-nuanced driving situations under uncertainty.
• Utilize modern C++ numerical optimization frameworks (CasADi, Acados) and industry-standard tooling (git, ROS) to integrate new planning algorithms into the production stack.
• Partner closely with the ML and prediction teams to integrate probabilistic and multi-future representations of how scenarios might evolve.
• Perform system-level diagnostics and tuning using in-house and open-source visualization tools (webviz).
• Collaborate cross-functionally and communicate clearly, producing system designs reviewed at a high level before implementation begins.

Skills

C++ production software

Python

Robotics planning

Math fundamentals

Planning algorithms

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MS with 1-2 years experience or PhD

Tools

CasADi

Acados

git

ROS

webviz

Job description

PlusAI is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Motion Planning team in California. You will research, develop, and implement planning technologies enabling safe, human-like driving in real-world scenarios.

You will work across the decision-making stack from reasoning to precise path execution in a production-grade system. Responsibilities include designing decision-making and trajectory algorithms, integrating CasADi/Acados, and collaborating with ML/prediction teams to handle probabilistic