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We're making driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.
Principal Engineer
Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2020H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn
Location
United States
Posted
25 days ago
Salary
$240K - $330K / year
Bachelor DegreeEnglishLinuxPythonRust
Job Description
• Lead the research, design, and development of algorithms and ML models that enhance vehicle decision-making, expand ODDs, and ensure robustness against long-tail events and subsystem failures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams (Perception, Prediction, Hardware, Infrastructure, etc) to architect a holistic system that maximizes safety and performance at scale.
• Architect dynamic simulation scenarios to validate expanded ODDs, ensuring rigorous testing of the system’s "edge case" limits.
• Maintain a high bar for technical excellence by clearly documenting research findings, system architectures, and validation results to ensure organizational alignment and safety traceability.
• Act as a technical catalyst by mentoring junior engineers in software craftsmanship, algorithmic rigor, and systems thinking.
Job Requirements
- Expert in robotics decision making, motion planning, and controls algorithms and ML models
- Experience designing, developing, and delivering complex robotic or automation systems
- Experience with robotics systems and the ability to root cause problems
- Experience writing software for safety critical embedded systems utilizing C++, Rust, or similar
- Experience developing analytics using Python, or similar
- Experience with testing, verification, and validation of systems with functional safety requirements
- Experience with simulation systems for robotics and/or autonomous vehicles
- Experience using Linux operating systems, and ability to work in terminals/shells to perform troubleshooting, system performance monitoring, and kernel/journal log debugging
- Experience profiling CPU, GPU, Disk, and Network usage
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- 401k with a company match
- health saving accounts
- life insurance
- pet insurance
- and more.
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