Senior Motion Planning and Controls Engineer
Lucid Motors7 days ago
Newark, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$158k - $218k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, prototype, test, and deploy motion planning and control algorithms for ADAS and autonomous driving systems.
- Implement trajectory planning, route planning, and real-time control approaches.
- Develop and tune lateral and longitudinal controllers, including LQR, MPC, PID, adaptive, and robust controllers.
- Perform model-based design and validation using MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent tools.
- Participate in simulation, SIL/HIL testing, in-vehicle implementation, and production release activities.
- Collaborate with systems, validation, perception, and platform teams on safe software integration.
- Contribute to architecture decisions, safety assessments, and product scalability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, or a related field is required; advanced degrees are preferred.
- Requires 5+ years of motion control or trajectory planning experience with an MS, or 3+ years with a PhD.
- Demonstrated knowledge of control system design and real-time implementation using modern control approaches such as LQR and MPC.
- Experience deploying lateral and longitudinal controllers in a production or research vehicle environment.
- Proficiency with modeling and simulation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink.
- Understanding of ADAS/autonomous driving systems, robotics, and vehicle dynamics.
- Preferred qualifications include C++, Python, MATLAB, ROS, AUTOSAR, embedded software development, bench testing, SIL/HIL integration, scenario-based simulation, ISO 26262, Git, and static code analysis experience.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment are required.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life and disability coverage.
- Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid sick leave; salaried/exempt employees accrue up to 160 hours of paid time off.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Eligible employees may participate in equity and/or a discretionary annual cash incentive programs.
- The position is onsite five days per week in Newark, California.
About Lucid Motors
We launched Lucid in 2016 to build the world’s best cars and accelerate the shift to clean energy. Our vehicles deliver best-in-class performance *and* efficiency. Equally important, we’re building a world-class team: From our state-of-the-art factory in Arizona to our global headquarters in California’s Silicon Valley, we’re recruiting high-performing people who want to help decarbonize Earth. Join us!