Senior Software Engineer: Map Fusion & Motion Planning

Socket.dev

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 129,189 - 214,776

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

DiDi Autonomous Driving is seeking a Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer to develop the next-generation map fusion and motion planning systems for our autonomous vehicles. You will bridge semantic HD maps, real-time sensor perception, and vehicle trajectory generation, designing scalable software infrastructure and implementing advanced geometric and deep learning frameworks.

You will develop planning algorithms that enable safe navigation in dynamic environments, and own model

Qualifications

B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
3+ years (Software Engineer) / 5+ years (Senior Software Engineer) in autonomous driving or robotics.
Expert production-grade C++ (Modern C++14/17/20) and Python prototyping.

Responsibilities

Architect data flow pipelines and APIs for map fusion, real-time map vectorization, and planning modules.
Deploy frameworks that integrate offline HD maps with online perception to form a unified local model.
Implement DETR-style BEV mapping networks for online map element generation.
Design and validate motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms.
Oversee end-to-end deployment from Python training to C++ runtime execution (TensorRT).
Develop real-time map anomaly and scene-change detection for reliability.
Optimize latency and memory, and ensure multi-threaded, safety-critical C++ performance.