Senior Robotics Engineer, Dynamics and Controls

What you'll do

• Drive feature development for vehicle dynamics and controls software for the Super Cruise system.
• Architect and implement system designs and interface contracts with perception, prediction, and planning systems.
• Lead technical reviews and enforce software engineering best practices across the organization.
• Establish verification and validation strategies using simulation and on-road testing validation gates.
• Partner with Safety, Systems Engineering, and Product teams to generate requirements for onboard systems.
• Lead root-cause investigations for complex integration issues using data-driven techniques and principled experimentation.
• Improve software reliability through continuous integration, automated testing, and regular code reviews.

What we're looking for

• Ph.D. or M.S. in controls, optimization, path planning, or a related field.
• B.S. with strong work experience in the field may be considered.
• 3+ years of experience in motion planning or a related field.
• Deep understanding of optimal controls and trajectory optimization algorithms.
• Good grasp of classical and modern feedback control theory and techniques.
• Solid understanding of vehicle dynamics.
• Demonstrated track record of building high quality autonomous software systems.
• Deep expertise in Planning and Controls system design.
• Experience with C++/Python in a large, distributed development environment.
• Background in robotics, ROS, or the AV/ADAS industry (preferred).
• Experience in numerical optimization algorithms (preferred).
• Experience designing software applications for safety critical systems (preferred).
• Experience building and managing engineering teams (preferred).