Staff Software Engineer, Mission Planning

About the role

The Staff Software Engineer will design and develop mission planning and prediction systems for driverless operation on public roads, mentor and lead engineers, and partner with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop mission planning and prediction systems for driverless operation on public roads
• Develop the architecture and long-term roadmap for planning and prediction
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior and senior engineers
• Integrate engineered driving logic and machine-learning models
• Develop robust models to predict the behavior of other actors
• Solve difficult real-world problems involving lane changing, merging, speed modulation, mission updates, multi-trajectory prediction, and more!

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience developing production-level robotics software
• Strong facility with modern C++
• Expertise in motion planning, trajectory optimization, graph theory, and related domains
• Delivery of complex autonomous systems
• Leadership through ambiguous, unsolved challenges

Qualifications

• Experience deploying software on driverless autonomous vehicles
• Experience improving system performance (latency, throughput, reliability) in production environments
• Familiarity with simulation frameworks and data-driven development workflows
• A track record of mentoring engineers

Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife
• MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
• Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
• Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
• Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
• Fidelity 401(k)
• Variety of incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)

Pay

California Pay Range: $200,000 - $250,000 USD

Schedule

Full-time position