Senior) Software Engineer (Behavior)

• The team is responsible for determining and controlling how autonomous vehicles navigate based on real-time traffic conditions—including road infrastructure, surrounding environments, other vehicles, and pedestrians—making it one of the core teams in autonomous driving
• Software or Algorithm Engineers on the team are responsible for one or more of the following:
• Architecture & Systems: Designing and developing high-performance, highly reliable Planning architectures and systems
• Computational Algorithms: Developing and optimizing high-precision, high-performance computational geometry and numerical computing algorithms
• Driving Intelligence: Enhancing autonomous vehicle decision-making and driving capabilities using machine learning and advanced algorithms
• Big Data Infrastructure: Designing and building scalable data processing infrastructure and systems for large-scale road-test data
• Simulation & Evaluation: Analyze large amounts of data of the real world and simulate driving, understanding, characterizing and clustering the performance of virtual drivers
• Internal Tools & Productivity: Developing internal tools to optimize engineering workflows and improve R&D efficiency
• Cross Team Collaboration: Work cross-functionally on safety, road rules compliance, and ride quality

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Daily meals and bi-weekly happy hours
• Equity opportunity
• Retirement plans
• Frequent tech talks

• Ability to lead ambiguous technical work from problem framing through reliable delivery
• BS in Computer Science, ML, Robotics, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years hands-on general software engineering experience, proficient in at least one mainstream programming language (such as C, C++, Python, or Java) and familiar with common data structures and algorithms
• General software engineering experience solving motion planning or related robotics problems
• Background in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or complex simulation environments