# Software Engineer - Motion Planning (Fallback Stack)

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Embedded Engineering
**Salary:** $151K-$240K
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** C++, Motion Planning, Trajectory Generation, Real-Time Systems, Simulation Frameworks, Robotic Algorithms, Ml Techniques, Large-Scale Log Analysis, Optimization Algorithms, Search Algorithms
**Posted:** 2026-04-21

> Designs and implements deterministic, safety-critical motion planners for autonomous vehicle fallback systems, ensuring safe behavior under uncertainty. Requires 5+ years in AV/robotics motion planning, C++ proficiency, and data-driven evaluation skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and implement classical or ML motion planners for fallback and minimal-risk maneuvers
- Build planners that operate reliably under degraded perception, partial observability, and system faults
- Define and execute safe, deterministic vehicle motions such as controlled slow-downs, pull-overs, and safe stops
- Use large-scale simulation and real-world data to evaluate planner behavior and guide parameter tuning
- Develop metrics, analysis tools, and dashboards to understand planner performance at scale
- Collaborate closely with behavior prediction, perception, controls, safety, and remote assistance teams
- Contribute to a reusable fallback platform used across trucking and other autonomy programs

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in motion planning for autonomous vehicles or robotics
- Strong foundation in robotic motion planning algorithms and trajectory generation (optimization-, search-, or rule-based)
- Experience building deterministic, safety-critical planning systems
- A data-driven mindset for large-scale evaluation, debugging, and tuning of planning behavior
- Proficiency in **C++** and experience working in real-time systems
- Strong systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration skills

## Nice to Have
- Experience designing minimal-risk maneuvers (MRM) or emergency handling behaviors
- Familiarity with AV safety concepts, ODD constraints, or safety-case-driven development
- Experience using ML techniques for parameter tuning, calibration, or offline optimization
- Experience working with degraded sensors, uncertainty, or human-in-the-loop systems
- Background in simulation frameworks or large-scale log analysis

## Compensation
**Base salary range: $151,000 - $240,000 USD annually.** Includes equity, comprehensive health/dental/vision insurance, 401k with employer match, learning/wellness stipends, and paid time off.

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