Motion Planning Engineer

Motion Planning Engineer

📍 Location: Foster City, CA

💼 Work Model: On-site

💰 Salary: $90,000–$120,000/year

🎯 Experience: 2–3 years of professional software development experience

About the Role

We are looking for a Motion Planning Engineer to work on driving behavior and motion planning within a production software environment.

The role involves implementing, debugging, and testing features, working closely with senior engineers, running regression tests, and validating software across different driving situations.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement, debug, and test features and modifications related to specific areas of driving behavior in the production codebase.
• Work closely with senior engineers to understand design specifications and deliver reliable, high-quality code .
• Utilize backend tooling to run regression tests and validate changes across various driving situations.
• Participate in on-vehicle drive reviews .
• Help collect data and generate actionable feedback on driving performance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related technical field .
• 2–3 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in C++ .
• Familiarity with foundational motion planning and pathfinding concepts, such as:
• A*
• RRTs
• PRMs
• Experience working with large-scale codebases .
• Experience with version control , such as Git.
• Familiarity with software development workflows.
• Eagerness to learn and debug complex, real-time systems .

Key Focus Areas

C++ | Motion Planning | Pathfinding | A | RRT | PRM | Driving Behavior | Real-Time Systems | Large-Scale Codebases | Git | Regression Testing | Vehicle Testing *

Relevant experience in C++, motion planning, pathfinding, robotics, and real-time software development .