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Staff Planner SW Quality Architect

Waabi· Software – Autonomy & Algorithms
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Hybrid (Remote US & Canada / Toronto, ON / San Francisco, CA / Pittsburgh, PA / Phoenix, AZ / Dallas, TX)$245k - $285kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Lead the software quality of the Planner Architecture, design robust fault-tolerance systems, bridge Motion Planning and Onboard SW teams, design and develop motion planning software, and manage the experimentation pipeline for research and data generation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the SW Quality of our Planner Architecture, focusing on building robust fault-tolerance systems to resolve critical downstream/upstream performance bottlenecks and ensure continuous, safe vehicle operation.
  • Act as a critical technical bridge and enabler between the Motion Planning and the Onboard SW Teams, driving overall SW quality improvement and reliability.
  • 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.
  • Manage the experimentation pipeline for research and data generation.

Qualifications

  • MS/PhD or Bachelor degree with a minimum of 6 years of industry experience in Computer Science, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s)
  • Experience owning software on a shipped product with reliability requirements.
  • Strong grasp of software engineering principles (i.e. code review, unit testing, scalability, maintainability, SW architecture, full lifecycle).
  • 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++.
  • 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:MS/PhD or Bachelor degree with industry experienceSoftware reliabilitySoftware engineering principlesPlanning/decision making approachesPython or C++CollaborationGoal managementInterest in self-driving tech

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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