Senior Robotaxi Motion Planning Engineer

Motional; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule (Boston/Pittsbugh

Job summary

Motional seeks a robotics software engineer for the Motion team in Boston with optional hybrid in-office time. You will develop state-of-the-art motion planning, MPC, and vehicle control algorithms for production-ready autonomous vehicles.

You will design robust software, perform code reviews, and collaborate with ML/prediction teams to deliver integrated solutions while mentoring newer engineers and guiding long-range technical roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of C++ software development.
• Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with Model Predictive Control (MPC), motion planning, planning under uncertainty, vehicle dynamics and control, and simulation environments
• Understanding of numerical optimization algorithms (interior point method, sequential quadratic programming, etc)
• Experience with optimization solvers (IPOPT, Gurobi, etc)
• Past experience owning and leading technical development on features from problem formulation, algorithm design, through implementation
• Knowledge of Python is a bonus

Responsibilities

• Understands and explains trade-offs, complex concepts to peers and leaders to drive decisions.
• Collaborate with teams working on (ML) decision/behavior planning, prediction, and vehicle control to build comprehensive and integrated solutions
• Creates project proposals that drive long-term technical roadmaps and span multiple sub-systems.
• Mentor junior team members to develop a culture of product-focused engineering, research, and development.

Skills

C++ development

Motion planning

Model Predictive Control (MPC)

Optimization algorithms

Python

Team leadership

Education

Bachelors/Masters/PhD in Robotics or CS or EE

Tools

IPOPT

Gurobi

Simulation environments

Job description

Motional seeks a robotics software engineer for the Motion team in Boston with optional hybrid in-office time. You will develop state-of-the-art motion planning, MPC, and vehicle control algorithms for production-ready autonomous vehicles.

You will design robust software, perform code reviews, and collaborate with ML/prediction teams to deliver integrated solutions while mentoring newer engineers and guiding long-range technical roadmaps.