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Senior Software Engineer - Planning

Applied Intuition· Self-Driving Systems
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TokyoFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Motion Planning Engineer focused on deterministic, safety-critical planning systems for autonomous vehicles, emphasizing classical planning over deep learning, with large-scale evaluation and cross-functional collaboration.

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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:Motion planningDeterministic safety-critical systemsC++
Last updated Oct 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Applied Intuition

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Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company with the tools, Vehicle OS, and autonomy stacks for creating safe, AI-powered vehicle experiences.

AIAutonomy stacksSelf-Driving SystemSimulationTesting & ValidationVehicle IntelligenceVehicle OSai-infrastructure-and-development
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