Senior Motion Planning Engineer – Trajectory Generation

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Senior Motion Planning Engineer developing motion control and trajectory optimization algorithms. Contributing to robust software for production-ready autonomous vehicles in a rapidly evolving field.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $172,000 - $229,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop state-of-the-art motion control and trajectory optimization algorithms to ensure safe and comfortable vehicle motion
Design and build robust and scalable software that enables real on-road impact by evaluating different control techniques and motion planning algorithms
Provides high-quality code and design reviews (C++) based on a deep understanding of the teams’ services and technologies
Leverage modern development toolchains, including testing, simulation, and continuous integration, to enable rapid development cycles
Understand and explain trade-offs, complex concepts to peers and leaders to drive decisions
Collaborate with teams working on (ML) decision/behavior planning, prediction, and vehicle control to build comprehensive and integrated solutions
Create project proposals that drive long-term technical roadmaps and span multiple sub-systems
Mentor junior team members to develop a culture of product-focused engineering, research, and development

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of C++ software development
Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree preferred in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
Experience with Model Predictive Control (MPC), motion planning, planning under uncertainty, vehicle dynamics and control, and simulation environments
Understanding of numerical optimization algorithms (interior point method, sequential quadratic programming, etc)
Experience with optimization solvers (IPOPT, Gurobi, etc)
Past experience owning and leading technical development on features from problem formulation, algorithm design, through implementation
Knowledge of Python is a bonus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
401k with company match
Health saving accounts
Life insurance
Pet insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

C++Motion Control AlgorithmsTrajectory OptimizationNumerical OptimizationVehicle DynamicsSimulation EnvironmentsAlgorithm DesignContinuous IntegrationTestingPython

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentoringCommunication