Principal Engineer / Director, Motion Planning

Job description

### 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