About the Role
Develop high-level autonomy systems to coordinate fleets of autonomous haul trucks in mining environments, focusing on path planning, multi-vehicle coordination, and site-level dispatch systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement motion planning algorithms for non-holonomic vehicles
- Develop multi-agent coordination systems that prevent deadlocks and collisions
- Build simulation and visualization tools for validating planning algorithms
- Optimize planning algorithms for real-time performance in production environments
- Collaborate with controls engineers to ensure planned paths are executable
- Debug fleet-level issues using logged data and replay tools
Requirements
- BS/MS/PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or related field
- 7+ years of professional (non-internship) software development experience
- Strong foundation in motion planning algorithms
- Experience with computational geometry (collision detection, polygon operations)
- Proficiency in Python and NumPy for numerical computing
- Understanding of vehicle kinematics and nonholonomic constraints
- Ability to analyze algorithm complexity and optimize for real-time performance
Skills
- Motion planning
- Multi-vehicle coordination
- Fleet planning
- Computational geometry
- Python
- NumPy
- Vehicle kinematics
- Nonholonomic constraints
- Algorithm complexity analysis
- Real-time performance optimization
- Multi-agent coordination
- Scheduling algorithms
- Dubins/Reeds-Shepp curves
- Trajectory optimization
- Graph algorithms
- GEOS
- Shapely
- Redis
- ZeroMQ
- Machine learning techniques
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 7+ years of professional software development experience
Education Level
- BS/MS/PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or related field
Salary/Compensations
- $176,000 - $240,000 per year
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account / Health Savings Account Options
- 401(k)
- Equity
- Sick Time
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Plan
- Team lunch
About the Company
- Pronto AI is a global leader in commercializing autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, deploying Autonomous Haulage Systems (AHS) that automate operations in mines, quarries, and construction sites worldwide.
- The company is on a mission to make mining operations safer, smarter, and more efficient through cutting-edge technology.
- Pronto AI is building toward becoming the world’s first profitable AV technology company.
