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Software Engineer - Motion Planning

On the Motion Planning team at Zoox, you’ll be dedicated to improving the driving behaviors of the robot on public roads. The Planner's job is to figure out where the robot is going and how to get there safely in situations as complex as th

Company

Zoox

Location

Foster City, CA

Status

Open

Posted

2016-02-08T19:02:13.535+00:00

A software engineering role on Zoox's Motion Planning team, working on the algorithms that decide where the company's autonomous robot drives and how it reaches a destination safely. The person develops changes to the planner, tests them in simulation and on closed courses, then works with safety drivers for on-road testing. The work involves close collaboration with perception, prediction and operations specialists. The posting describes complex public-road scenarios in San Francisco and Las Vegas but lists no specific degree, language or tooling requirements.