Role Summary

The ‘Senior Software Engineer, Path Planning’, researches and develops path planning algorithms and software for ADAS and autonomous vehicles (AVs). The focus is on developing collision-free trajectories, vehicle models and optimization and constraint criteria that meet feature requirements and provide a safe, comfortable and comparable on-road experience to that of a human driver. For this position, we are looking for a software engineer with the ability to understand autonomous vehicles in general and a strong level of expertise in ADAS, robotics, or AI.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on path planning and control algorithms such as collision-free trajectory generation and dynamic management, map-based routing, lane keeping, lane change, merges, tracking a lead vehicle, managing jerk and lateral g’s, etc.
• Develop algorithms for path planning under uncertainty and for both static and dynamic obstacles
• Develop functionally safe systems that obey the rules of the road and meet feature requirements
• Build tools and infrastructure to verify and evaluate the performance of the planner/controller over time
• Implement real-time algorithms in C++ for a resource-constrained vehicle and test, both in simulator and on-vehicle
• Deliver to schedule in a production setting

Key Qualifications/Requirements

Education

• MS or PhD in Robotics; Computer Systems Engineering; Computer Science; Aerospace, or a related field or equivalent practical experience

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in research or development in a technology area related to ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles
• Experience developing path planning algorithms like A*, D* and RRTs; implementing optimization criteria and parametrized vehicle models.
• Experience developing safe path profiles in a dynamic, high-risk environment
• Ability to produce production-quality C++ code

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