Staff Software Engineer, Planner

Role overview Design and deliver planning systems that help autonomous vehicles navigate complex urban and suburban environments. The work spans behavior planning, motion planning, and trajectory optimization, with a focus on safe, reliable performance amid dynamic conditions. You’ll use experience from the full autonomy development lifecycle to help resolve difficult technical challenges and improve production systems.

Responsibilities - Build and ship real-time behavior and motion planning features for complex driving scenarios. - Automate root-cause analysis and reduce planner disengagements and persistent failure cases. - Develop evaluation, simulation, and validation frameworks to support safe expansion into new operating regions. - Work with perception, prediction, controls, and platform teams to improve end-to-end autonomy. - Guide architecture decisions that improve robustness, generalization, and computational efficiency.

Requirements - Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, robotics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - Strong C++ engineering skills and a record of building production-quality software. - Experience developing or deploying motion planning, trajectory optimization, robotics, or real-time decision systems. - Ability to use data-driven evaluation, simulation, and performance metrics to guide engineering decisions.

Benefits and work setup Eligible employees receive equity opportunities and benefits that include health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement matching; paid parental leave; paid time off and sick leave; commuter and wellness support; disability and life insurance; family-forming assistance; and mental health resources. Salaried roles include flexible vacation time and annual paid sick leave.