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Principal Engineer Team Lead - Trajectory Planning Lead
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
full-timeseniorAutonomous Vehicles
Tech Stack
Description
You will lead a team developing core trajectory planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles using numerical optimization. You will drive the delivery of safe and efficient motion planning systems, collaborate cross-functionally, and mentor engineers to achieve commercial launch readiness.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience managing high-performing development teams.
- Experience leading production-quality algorithm delivery in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or aerospace.
- Deep expertise in numerical optimization and optimal control (MPC, nonlinear programming, convex optimization).
- Experience solving motion planning problems under uncertainty with dynamic agents.
- Expertise in modern C++ development in Linux environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead and scale a high-impact trajectory planning team, defining technical vision and execution strategy.
- Drive commercial launch readiness by delivering on-road driving behavior improvements in safety, comfort, and assertiveness.
- Apply metrics-driven framework to quantify and improve on-road performance.
- Manage computational efficiency and real-time performance of trajectory generation algorithms.
- Lead triage and root-cause analysis of fleet incidents, translating edge cases into algorithmic refinements.
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