Staff Software Engineer: Autonomous Motion Planning Remote

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work within the United States

Technical ownership

Product impact

Cross-functional collaboration

Growth opportunities

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

OpenKrill, based in the United States, seeks a Staff Software Engineer for Constraint Generation to advance motion planning and autonomous truck software. You will own design-to-deployment of high-performance C++/Python systems in compute-constrained onboard environments, collaborating with autonomy, systems engineering, and verification teams.

You will shape architecture, guide engineering decisions, and drive roadmaps while delivering robust trajectories and safe, reliable vehicle behavior.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in C++ and Python, including the ability to develop efficient, maintainable software for resource-constrained computing environments.
• Experience developing software for real-world robotics, autonomous systems, or semi-autonomous platforms.
• Solid understanding of motion planning concepts and the challenges involved in developing reliable autonomous vehicle behaviors.
• Ability to take ownership of complex engineering problems, navigate ambiguity, and deliver solutions across the full software development lifecycle.
• Experience with software design, implementation, integration, testing, and validation in technically demanding environments.
• Familiarity with unit testing, simulation-based testing, log simulation, or comparable verification techniques.
• Strong systems-thinking skills and the ability to collaborate across interconnected software components and engineering disciplines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical concepts, facilitate design discussions, and align stakeholders.
• A collaborative, adaptable mindset and willingness to work across different parts of the autonomous decision-making stack.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of motion planning and constraint generation features, from initial design through integration, testing, and deployment.
• Translate vehicle behaviors, product requirements, and operational needs into robust software solutions that generate safe, smooth, and reliable trajectories for autonomous trucks.
• Take ownership of complex technical challenges, clarify ambiguous requirements, and coordinate interfaces with upstream and downstream teams to maintain a simple, scalable system architecture.
• Contribute to long-term software architecture, technical strategy, and product roadmaps while ensuring timely delivery of engineering milestones.
• Design, implement, and maintain clean, reliable, and high-performance software using modern C++ and Python, with particular attention to compute-constrained environments.
• Collaborate with systems engineers to ensure that autonomy features meet safety, reliability, and product requirements.
• Work closely with teams responsible for trajectory generation, trajectory evaluation, world fusion, prediction, perception, localization, and mapping to develop integrated autonomous driving solutions.
• Partner with verification teams to establish comprehensive testing and validation practices, including unit testing, simulation, and log-based simulation.
• Evaluate system behavior, identify performance limitations, and iterate on software features to improve on-road performance and operational reliability.
• Participate in technical design reviews and iteration exercises, communicating complex engineering concepts clearly and aligning stakeholders around effective solutions.
• Contribute across the broader autonomous decision-making stack, applying transferable engineering skills to challenges beyond your immediate area of expertise.

Skills

C++

Python

Motion planning

Robotics

Job description

OpenKrill, based in the United States, seeks a Staff Software Engineer for Constraint Generation to advance motion planning and autonomous truck software. You will own design-to-deployment of high-performance C++/Python systems in compute-constrained onboard environments, collaborating with autonomy, systems engineering, and verification teams.

You will shape architecture, guide engineering decisions, and drive roadmaps while delivering robust trajectories and safe, reliable vehicle behavior.