Senior Software Engineer - Motion Planning

Latitude AI develops automated driving technologies for Ford vehicles at scale, aiming to enhance the driving experience. The Senior Software Engineer in Motion Planning will design and develop algorithms for motion planning, test them extensively, and optimize the onboard Motion Planning software.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop algorithms in one or more areas of the Motion Planning stack, ranging from route planning, behavior planning, trajectory optimization, decision making, and machine learning
• Extensively test your algorithms, through unit testing, simulation testing in the cloud, log playback and resim, and on vehicle testing
• Develop tools for visualization and debugging, and use them to analyze logs from fleet testing
• Analyze metrics from fleet testing to prioritize next steps
• Optimize the runtime and memory efficiency of the onboard Motion Planning software
• Coordinate with other autonomy teams to ensure that Motion Planning is provided the inputs it needs

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or a related field and 4+ years of relevant experience (or Master's degree and 2+ years of relevant experience, or PhD)
• Deep expertise in either Motion Planning or Software Engineering (or both)
• A depth of knowledge and application experience in a relevant Robotics/ Motion Planning subspecialty is most desirable. Examples of relevant subspecialties include: graph or sampling-based planning in high-dimensional state spaces, computational geometry, behavioral planning and decision making, planning under uncertainty (POMDPs etc.), model-predictive planning and control, convex optimization, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, etc
• A baseline level of skill in modern C++ programming and software engineering is required for all team members, even Motion Planning domain experts
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required
• Industry experience writing production-quality, performance-critical code, and maintaining large codebases is desired
• Python programming experience is also helpful but not required