Senior Motion Planning Engineer for Real-World Autonomy

TEEMA; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity option

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

TEEMA is partnering with an innovative robotics company to hire a Senior Motion Planning Engineer. The role focuses on developing planning and decision-making systems enabling autonomous robots to navigate complex tasks, with hands-on work on physical platforms and production-quality code. You will lead architecture decisions and mentor engineers within a growing robotics team. This position offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing autonomy, motion planning, task planning, or decision-making systems for robots or autonomous vehicles.
• Experience deploying autonomous systems in production or real-world environments.
• Strong understanding of motion planning, task planning, behavior trees, or similar planning frameworks.
• Proficiency in Python and C++.
• Experience with ROS 2, Linux, Docker, and CI/CD workflows.
• Experience integrating planning with perception and control, including execution monitoring and failure recovery.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives, make architectural decisions, and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop motion-planning and task-planning systems for autonomous robots.
• Build planning architectures that integrate classical control, optimization, and learned policies.
• Develop execution monitoring, fault detection, and recovery mechanisms.
• Integrate planning systems with perception, world models, and robot control.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of autonomous systems operating in real-world environments.
• Establish technical direction, contribute production-quality code, and mentor other engineers.
• Test and validate planning systems on physical robotic platforms.

Skills

Python

C++

ROS 2

Linux

Docker

CI/CD

Motion planning

Task planning

Mentorship

Tools

MoveIt

OMPL

CI/CD tooling

Job description

TEEMA is partnering with an innovative robotics company to hire a Senior Motion Planning Engineer. The role focuses on developing planning and decision-making systems enabling autonomous robots to navigate complex tasks, with hands-on work on physical platforms and production-quality code. You will lead architecture decisions and mentor engineers within a growing robotics team. This position offers competitive compensation and benefits.