Principal Engineer Team Lead - Trajectory Planning Lead

Motional
Las Vegas, MA
Category Engineering
Job Description
Principal Engineer Team Lead - Trajectory Planning Lead. Lead a team responsible for core trajectory planning algorithms via numerical optimization for autonomous vehicles. Drive the development and continuous performance improvements of cutting-edge trajectory generation algorithms. Mentor a talented group of highly skilled engineers to deliver state-of-the-art solutions.

Requirements

  • Proven Engineering Leadership: 2+ years of experience managing high-performing development teams, with a demonstrable track record of inspiring, mentoring, and coaching engineers and driving measurable productivity gains.
  • Ship-to-Production Mindset: Experience leading the delivery of production-quality algorithms in a high-stakes environment (Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, or Aerospace).
  • Strategic Vision: Ability to look beyond the immediate deliverables to define and defend a balanced technical roadmap that balances long-term architectural health with the urgent needs of a 2026 commercial launch.
  • Technical Domain Expertise: Deep theoretical and practical expertise in numerical optimization and optimal control.
  • Advanced Motion Planning: Significant experience solving motion planning problems under uncertainty, including interaction-aware planning with dynamic agents and complex environmental constraints.
  • Full-Stack Robotics Context: Strong intuition for the entire robotics stack.
  • Production-Grade Software Development: Expertise in Modern C++ development within a Linux environment, with a focus on writing high-performance, real-time, and safety-critical code.
  • Tooling Proficiency: Fluency in Python for rapid prototyping, data analysis, and visualization.

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • 401k with a company match
  • health saving accounts
  • life insurance
  • pet insurance
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