Software Engineer - Motion Planning (Fallback Stack)
Applied Intuition is a physical-AI company that provides software platforms for developing, validating, deploying, and operating intelligent vehicles and machines.
About Applied Intuition
Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition builds physical-AI tooling and infrastructure, a Vehicle OS, and a Self-Driving System for automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture, and robotics applications.
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About the Role
You will design and ship deterministic, safety-critical planning systems for autonomous vehicles operating under degradation and uncertainty. You will build fallback planners, evaluate their performance with simulation and real-world data, develop analysis tools, and collaborate across autonomy and safety functions.
Requirements
- 4+ years of motion planning experience for autonomous vehicles or robotics
- Knowledge of robotic motion planning algorithms and trajectory generation
- Experience building deterministic, safety-critical planning systems
- Experience with large-scale evaluation, debugging, and planning-behavior tuning
- C++ proficiency and real-time systems experience
- Systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
Responsibilities
- Design and implement classical or ML motion planners for fallback and minimal-risk maneuvers
- Build planners that operate under degraded perception, partial observability, and system faults
- Define and execute deterministic vehicle motions including slow-downs, pull-overs, and safe stops
- Evaluate planner behavior using simulation and real-world data
- Develop metrics, analysis tools, and dashboards for planner performance
- Collaborate with behavior prediction, perception, controls, safety, and remote assistance teams
- Contribute to a reusable fallback platform
Benefits
- Equity
- Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401k retirement benefits with employer match
- Learning and wellness stipends
- Paid time off