Software Engineer - Motion Planning (Fallback Stack)

About this role

Applied Intuition seeks a Motion Planning Engineer to design deterministic, safety-critical planning systems for autonomous vehicles during autonomy degradation or uncertainty. You'll focus on classical motion planning algorithms, large-scale simulation evaluation, and fallback behaviors rather than deep learning approaches, working across trucking and autonomy programs.

What you'll do

• Design and implement classical or ML-based 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
• Develop metrics, analysis tools, and dashboards to evaluate planner performance at scale using simulation and real-world data
• Collaborate with behavior prediction, perception, controls, safety, and remote assistance teams
• Contribute to a reusable fallback platform used across multiple autonomy programs

What they're looking for

• Motion planning algorithms and trajectory generation (optimization, search, or rule-based approaches)
• C++ and real-time systems programming
• Deterministic, safety-critical system design
• Large-scale data analysis and debugging
• Systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration
• Simulation frameworks and log analysis
• ML techniques for parameter tuning and calibration
• AV safety concepts and ODD constraints

Benefits

• Base salary, equity (options and/or RSUs), and comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k retirement benefits with employer match
• Learning and wellness stipends
• Paid time off
• Flexible work arrangement with optional remote work and schedule flexibility
• Exposure to industry best practices in a fast-moving autonomy company