Software Engineer, Mission Planning

Job description

HireArt is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company find an experienced Software Engineer, Mission Planning to be responsible for creating high-level routes for its autonomous vehicles to transport passengers to their destinations.

In this role, you will work closely with the Cloud Services team to facilitate pick-up and drop-off requests, along with live traffic data, among other inputs. You will also integrate closely with the decision-making and trajectory planning and controls teams to allow dynamic planning.

We're looking for candidates with a bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience. You are proficient in C++ and have a working knowledge of a variety of graph search techniques.

As a Software Engineer, Mission Planning, you'll:

• Investigate and diagnose complex navigation scenarios, determine root causes, and engineer solutions to optimize autonomous vehicle routing behavior.
• Develop mission planner algorithms, including graph search and integration with behavioral planning.
• Integrate and test your developed applications in the robot, learn, and make improvements.
• Work collaboratively with passionate team members to support the integration of software components from all teams throughout the company.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or other related discipline
• Strong proficiency in C++
• Understanding and experience with a variety of graph search techniques (e.g., A*, D*, Dijkstra, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to write code for a shipped product (e.g., commercial robotics, drones, consumer devices, automotive)
• Ability to work on multiple layers of the autonomous driving computer stack