Staff Planner Software Quality Architect
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Waabi is a Physical AI company developing autonomous-driving technology for commercial trucking and robotaxis.
Toronto, Canada
About Waabi
Founded in 2021 by Raquel Urtasun, Waabi builds a Physical AI platform combining a verifiable end-to-end AI model with neural simulation. Its Waabi Driver and Waabi World technologies support autonomous trucking and robotaxi development.
Skills
About the Role
You will lead software quality for the planner architecture, build fault-tolerant systems, and resolve performance bottlenecks to support safe vehicle operation. You will bridge motion-planning and onboard software work, develop planning algorithms, and manage experimentation for research and data generation.
Requirements
- MS or PhD, or a Bachelor degree with at least 6 years of industry experience in computer science, robotics, or a similar technical field
- Experience owning software on a shipped product with reliability requirements
- Software engineering principles, including code review, unit testing, scalability, maintainability, software architecture, and full lifecycle development
- Planning and decision-making approaches, including optimal control, optimization, search methods, and probabilistic decision-making
- Production-quality Python or C++ coding skills
Responsibilities
- Lead software quality for the planner architecture
- Build fault-tolerant systems and resolve performance bottlenecks
- Bridge motion-planning and onboard software work
- Design and develop motion-planning software and algorithms
- Manage the experimentation pipeline for research and data generation
Benefits
- Equity awards
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees
- Unlimited vacation
- Flexible hours
- Work-from-home support
- Daily drinks, snacks, and catered meals when in the office
- Team-building activities and social events