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Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning

Waabi· Software – Autonomy & Algorithms
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Hybrid (Remote US & Canada; Dallas, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; San Francisco, CA; Toronto, ON)$158k - $269kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior/Staff role focused on designing and developing motion planning software and algorithms for autonomous vehicles, collaborating with multidisciplinary engineers and researchers to build a reliable autonomy stack.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop motion planning software and algorithms, building the brain which orchestrates decision making in dynamic, uncertain and interactive traffic scenarios.
  • Be part of a team of multidisciplinary Engineers and Research Scientists using an AI-first approach to enable safe self-driving at scale.
  • Participate and share ideas in technical and architecture discussions, collaborating with researchers and engineers to build a reliable autonomy stack for self-driving vehicles.

Qualifications

  • MS/PhD or Bachelor degree with a minimum of 4 years of industry experience in Computer Science, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.
  • Experience in planning/decision making approaches (e.g., optimal control, optimization based approaches, search methods, probabilistic decision making).
  • Production-quality coding skill in Python or C++.
  • Solid problem solving skills using linear algebra, geometry, statistics & probability.
  • Ability to rapidly prototype and test new algorithms.
  • Open-minded and collaborative team player with the willingness to help others.
  • Able to maintain progress towards long-term goals while working on short-term problems.
  • Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

Skills

Required:motion planningPythonC++optimal control / optimization / search / probabilistic decision makinglinear algebra, geometry, statistics & probabilityrapid prototypingcollaboration / teamwork

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity awards.
  • Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
  • Unlimited Vacation.
  • Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
  • Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
  • Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Waabi

pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks.

Waabi is pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks. We developed a next-generation approach leveraging an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model that’s powered by the industry's most realistic neural simulator. This dramatically reduces the development time and resources needed to bring self-driving vehicles to public roads — safely and at scale.

Autonomous trucksPhysical AIneural simulatorAI modelself-driving vehicles
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