Staff Motion Planning Engineer - Trajectory Generation

Mission Summary:

On our Motion team, you will serve as a technical leader, leveraging your deep expertise in motion planning, robotics, and software development to architect and advance the capabilities of production-ready autonomous vehicles. In this role, you will drive innovative research, own systemic design processes, and spearhead the implementation of performance-critical algorithms that enable safe, comfortable, and intuitive autonomous vehicle behaviors across Motional's fleet of robotaxis.

If you are passionate about autonomous driving, thrive on solving challenging motion planning problems, and are eager to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving field, we want to hear from you.

Technical Scope:

• Architect State-of-the-Art Solutions: Drive the long-term technical strategy and framework for motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms to guarantee safe, smooth, and comfortable vehicle motion.
• Scalable Core Software Architecture: Own the structural design of robust and scalable software that enables real on-road impact by evaluating, benchmarking, and integrating diverse optimal control techniques and motion planning algorithms.
• Systemic Code Quality & Governance: Establish code quality benchmarks and lead high-impact architectural code and design reviews (C++) based on an exhaustive understanding of the cross-functional teams' services and technologies.
• Advanced Engineering Infrastructure: Champion and define modern development toolchains, including next-generation testing frameworks, high-fidelity simulation, and continuous integration, to enable rapid development cycles across the organization.

Role responsibilities:

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