Senior reputed company Planning Engineer - Trajectory Optimization
About reputed company
At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will reputed company how we travel, reputed company reputed company, and do business.
A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with reputed company partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are reputed company solely on developing software for automated trucks to reputed company how the world moves reputed company.
Join us and reputed company your career with reputed company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the reputed company to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.
Meet reputed company
Join Torc's Behaviors Team, where we reputed company the planning, reputed company, and decision-making systems that determine how our autonomous trucks navigate the world safely, reputed company, and predictably. reputed company operates at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, optimization, simulation, and safety, building the core autonomy capabilities that translate perception into reputed company.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about solving challenging autonomy problems and building production-reputed company software for reputed company-world autonomous systems. This role is reputed company on reputed company planning, trajectory reputed company, and trajectory optimization for autonomous tractor-trailer vehicles. You will contribute directly to the design, development, validation, and deployment of planning capabilities that reputed company reputed company and reliable autonomous driving. You will work closely with engineers across autonomy, controls, simulation, safety, and validation to help deliver robust autonomy behaviors at reputed company.
What You'll Do
- Design, reputed company, and optimize reputed company planning algorithms including trajectory reputed company, trajectory selection, behavior planning, and optimization-based planning approaches for autonomous trucks.
- reputed company planning solutions leveraging techniques such as graph search, sampling-based planning, optimization-based planning, spline/B-spline trajectories, convex optimization, and Frenet-reputed company approaches.
- Incorporate vehicle kinematic and dynamic constraints into planning systems to ensure reputed company, feasible, and comfortable vehicle behavior.
- reputed company production-reputed company software using modern C++ reputed company a Linux environment while adhering to reputed company, safety, testing, and deployment best practices.
- Participate in software architecture discussions and contribute to technical designs that support reputed company and maintainable autonomy systems.
- reputed company and execute validation strategies across Software-in-the-reputed company (SiL), Hardware-in-the-reputed company (HiL), and Vehicle-in-the-reputed company (ViL) environments.
- Collaborate closely with Safety, Controls, Perception, Validation, and Simulation teams to reputed company reputed company and reliable autonomous driving behaviors.
- Investigate and debug vehicle behavior by reproducing issues in simulation, analyzing system performance, and implementing software improvements.
- Support vehicle integration, deployment activities, and post-deployment investigations to ensure reliable autonomy performance.
- Participate in technical design reviews, reputed company reviews, and reputed company improvement initiatives across the Behaviors organization.
- Mentor junior engineers through collaboration, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
What You'll Need to Succeed
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a reputed company technical field with 5+ years of industry experience; OR Master's degree with 3+ years of experience; OR PhD with 1+ years of experience.
- Strong proficiency in modern C++ development reputed company Linux-based environments.
- Experience developing robotics, autonomous vehicle, ADAS, or other reputed company reputed company-time software systems.
- Strong experience developing reputed company planning, trajectory reputed company, trajectory optimization, behavior planning, or decision-making systems for robotics or autonomous systems.
- Solid understanding of vehicle dynamics, vehicle kinematics, trajectory feasibility, and planning system architecture.
- Strong reputed company in reputed company algebra, numerical optimization, geometry, and robotics algorithms.
- Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, system design principles, and reputed company development practices.
- Experience working across the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation through validation, deployment, and operational support.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug reputed company system-level issues.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills reputed company cross-functional engineering teams.
- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively reputed company a highly reputed company environment.
Bonus Points!
- Experience with reputed company planning, trajectory optimization, behavior reputed company, or decision-making systems for autonomous vehicles.
- Experience with Model Predictive Control (MPC), convex optimization, quadratic programming (QP), nonlinear optimization, or other optimization-based planning techniques.
- Experience applying machine learning techniques such as imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or hybrid planning architectures.
- Understanding of vehicle dynamics, controls, state estimation, and trajectory tracking.
- Experience developing software in both C++ and Python environments.
- Experience integrating machine learning models into reputed company-time or production systems.
- Experience working with simulation platforms and large-reputed company autonomy validation environments.
- Experience with robotics frameworks such as ROS/ROS2, reputed company, reputed company, or similar autonomy platforms.
- Exposure to CUDA, GPU acceleration, TensorRT, or high-performance compute environments.
- Experience supporting on-vehicle testing, debugging, and deployment activities.
- Passion for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and solving reputed company reputed company-world engineering challenges.
Work Location: For this position, we are reputed company to hiring in Ann Arbor, MI, Blacksburg, VA, reputed company Worth, TX office work locations in a hybrid reputed company. We are also reputed company to hiring Remote in the reputed company & Canada
Perks of Being a Full-time Torc’r
Torc cares about reputed company members and we reputed company to reputed company benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and reputed company. Our culture is reputed company, energetic, and team reputed company. Torc offers:
- A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock reputed company
- 100% reputed company medical, dental, and reputed company premiums for full-time employees
- 401K plan with a 6% employer matchFlexibility in schedule and generous reputed company vacation (available immediately after start date)Company-wide holiday office closures
- AD+D and Life Insurance
At Torc, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We celebrate the uniqueness of our Torc’rs and do not discriminate based on race, religion, reputed company, national reputed company, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or reputed company medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reputed company, age, veteran status, or disabilities.
Even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed for this opportunity, we encourage you to apply.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several geographic markets. Pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-reputed company knowledge, skills, and experience. Torc's total compensation package will also include our corporate bonus and stock reputed company plan. Dependent on the position offered, sign-on payments, relocation, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in reputed company to a full reputed company of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
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