Principal Software Engineer (C++ Motion Planning) / English Skills A Must

Description As a Principal Motion Planning Engineer, you will develop and deploy high-performance software that is responsible for controlling the behaviors of our automated electric yard truck that transports trailers around customer sites. You will steer and execute the technical strategy for our planning stack. You will collaboratively solve big technical challenges together with a talented engineering team that is customer-focused and motivated to make this product a reality. You will have the support of a leadership that is laser focused on a product. Responsibilities Design, implement, and deploy motion planning and control algorithms Develop cutting-edge C++ software running on autonomous vehicles that controls their maneuvers and avoids collision with nearby obstacles Build new features to support the needs of our customers in global distribution centers Monitor performance metrics of our product operating at customer sites and develop new performance metrics to meet the customers' needs Contribute generally to the growth and success of Outrider and the building of a vibrant culture focused on the responsible deployment of zero-emission autonomous vehicle technology Provide technical and theoretical guidance to planning team Communicate and distill evaluations and results to the leadership Help to design/improve our key tools: simulation, evaluation, compute Lead cross-functional efforts with the other autonomy stakeholders and upstream/downstream components Requirements At least 10-12 years of development in C++ and familiarity with state-of-the-art best practices and research in motion planning and controls Ability to design, implement, and deploy motion planning and control software stacks A growth mindset Strong written and oral communication skills Fluency in English Recurring success in multiple technical projects of increasing complexity Proven success developing motion planning and control software for a robot or autonomous vehicle outside of the laboratory Nice to have Experience with software development on autonomous vehicles Experience working on safety-certifiable autonomous systems Familiarity with the robot operating system (ROS) Experience with containerized environments, such as Docker