Principal Engineer / Director, Motion Planning

Posted 11 Days Ago
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Santa Clara, CA
Hybrid
200K-260K Annually
Senior level
Software
The Role
The Senior Engineering Manager / Director will lead a team developing safety-critical software for self-driving vehicles, manage motion forecasting and planning projects, and engage in coding prototypes for algorithm testing. The role emphasizes innovation, technical excellence, and will involve scaling end-to-end machine learning pipelines while staying current with industry trends.
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Responsibilities

  • Develop safety-critical software for self-driving vehicles by leading, managing, and expanding a team focused on the motion forecasting & planning.
  • Assume responsibility for the overall planning, execution, and success of autonomous driving related projects Actively code and develop prototypes to test novel algorithms and ideas.
  • Foster a culture of experimentation and innovation, while promoting technical excellence and accountability within the team.
  • Scale end-to-end ML pipelines for research and production, from data ingestion and pre-processing to model training, validation, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Stay on top of the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
  • Present the progress to senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
  • Ensure that technical work meets customer requirements, regulatory standards, and company quality policies.
  • Ensure that your work is performed in accordance with the company’s Quality Management System (QMS) requirements and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
  • Ensure team compliance with QMS, monitor quality, and drive process improvements.

Required Skills

  • 7-10 years of experience building data-driven, fault-tolerant systems
  • Proven record of delivering a DL based system
  • MS or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • Extensive experience designing and building modern planning systems a big plus
  • Passionate about writing amazing, robust, safety-critical, efficient C++ and Python

Preferred Skills

  • Experience in deep learning, mobile robotics, geometric modeling and trajectory generation 

Salary Range

  • $200,000 - 280,000

Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

Top Skills

C++
Python
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The Company
HQ: Santa Clara, California
471 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Plus is a global provider of highly automated driving and fully autonomous driving solutions. Named by Forbes as one of America's Best Startup Employers and Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, Plus's customers are already operating its product on the road today. Working with one of the largest companies in the U.S., vehicle manufacturers and others, Plus is making transportation safer and greener. Plus has received a number of industry awards and distinctions for its transformative technology and business momentum from Fast Company, Insider, Consumer Electronics Show, AUVSI, and others. For more information, visit www.plus.ai

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