Staff Software Engineer - AMR Planning & Controls

Lead the design, implementation, and deployment of motion planning, behavioral planning, and control algorithms for autonomous robotic systems.

Develop path-planning and trajectory-generation algorithms subject to kinematic and dynamic constraints, enabling safe and efficient operation in dynamic environments.

Optimize planning and control software for real-time performance and hardware limitations.

Collaborate with localization, perception, and hardware teams to ensure seamless integration across the robotics software stack.

Use offline and simulation-based tools to evaluate, benchmark, and validate planning and control algorithms.

Contribute to testing and validation workflows, including software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and field testing.

Provide technical leadership, mentor team members, and help define software architecture and engineering best practices for planning and control.

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