over 1 year ago
Santa Clara, CA, USASenior / Staff+
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$130k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement decision-making and trajectory-generation algorithms for safe, comfortable, and reliable autonomous driving.
- Bring robotics and machine-learning techniques from research into a production-grade, safety-critical system.
- Develop planning solutions for complex driving situations involving uncertainty and interactions with other road users.
- Use C++ numerical optimization frameworks and tooling to integrate planning algorithms into the production stack.
- Collaborate with ML and prediction teams to incorporate probabilistic and multi-future scenario representations into planning decisions.
- Perform system-level diagnostics and tuning using visualization tools.
- Collaborate cross-functionally and produce system designs for high-level review and approval.
Requirements
- MS with 1–2 years of relevant experience, or a PhD, in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
- Strong production software development skills in C++; Python experience is a plus.
- Expertise in path planning, motion planning, trajectory generation, behavior planning, or optimal control.
- Strong foundations in geometry, analysis, probability, kinematics, and dynamics.
- Experience designing, implementing, and refining planning algorithms on a real-world robotic or vehicle platform.
- Strong oral and written communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Preferred qualifications include a PhD with 1–2 years or an MS with 3–4 years of relevant experience.
- Exposure to deep learning, imitation learning, transformer-based models, or diffusion-based models for decision-making or scenario generation is preferred.
- Familiarity with autonomy safety frameworks such as RSS and collision-avoidance or MRM logic is preferred.
- Prior safety-critical systems experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary and benefits package, including a 401(k) plan.
- Catered free lunch, unlimited snacks, and beverages.
- Opportunities for personal and professional development in a future-oriented and dynamic field.
About PlusAI
PlusAI develops AI-based virtual driver software that enables factory-built autonomous trucks for commercial freight operators. The company licenses its autonomy stack to truck OEMs and logistics partners; collaborators include TRATON’s Scania and MAN, Navistar’s International, Hyundai Motor Company, Iveco Group, Bosch, and DSV. Headquartered in Santa Clara with operations in the U.S. and Europe, PlusAI is privately held and in 2025 announced a planned public listing via a merger with Churchill Capital Corp IX.