About the Role
Design and ship algorithms that determine how autonomous trucks move, encompassing motion planning, behavior, learning-based prediction and planning, and online mapping. This role involves end-to-end work from problem framing and algorithm design through implementation and on-vehicle validation, with the opportunity to drive real freight on public highways.
Responsibilities
- Develop and improve motion planning and behavior algorithms for highway and surface-street driving.
- Build the learning-based pipeline for prediction and planning, including data curation, model design and training, and on-vehicle integration.
- Advance online mapping and map-building, and the real-time map signals that planning consumes.
- Turn road and simulation cases into root-cause analysis, algorithmic fixes, and regression coverage.
- Collaborate across perception, control, simulation, and operations to release features.
Requirements
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Applied Math, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2+ years building production algorithms in robotics, autonomous vehicles, or a comparable real-time system.
- Strong C++ and Python; comfortable owning performance-sensitive code that runs on-vehicle.
- Solid foundation in at least one of: motion planning and optimization, prediction/behavior modeling, or mapping.
- A track record of shipping algorithms that ran on real hardware or in production.
Skills
- C++
- Python
- Motion planning
- Optimization
- Prediction/behavior modeling
- Mapping
- Learning-based components
- Sequence/trajectory models
- Imitation learning
- Reinforcement learning
- Model training and deployment pipelines
- GPU inference
- Online/HD mapping
- Reference-line generation
- Lane-graph generation
- Planning–perception interface
- Uncertainty representation
- Occlusion reasoning
- Safety and liability evaluation
- Agent modeling
Location
- On-vehicle
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ years
Education Level
- B.S. or M.S.
About the Company
- Bot Auto is revolutionizing goods transportation with autonomous trucks, enhancing global quality of life.
- The company operates with the agility of a startup and the expertise of seasoned professionals, achieving world-firsts and innovations.
- The team is united by a vision to create groundbreaking solutions for the future of transportation.
