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Pittsburgh Robotics Network · 1 day ago

Senior Software Engineer, Planner

positionMountain View, NY
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level
money$204K/yr - $259K/yr
date5+ years exp

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The role involves working with a creative team to ensure the safe and predictable behavior of autonomous vehicles while developing tools and algorithms to solve complex engineering problems in real-time.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AssociationNon ProfitRobotics

Responsibilities

Work with a creative team of people who ensure that the behavior of our cars is safe, smooth, and predictable to other road users, which includes gracefully handling many complex situations involving social aspects (merging, negotiating narrow roads), while dealing with noisy, uncertain, and incomplete information
Frame the open-ended real-world problems into well-defined engineering problems; develop tools, algorithms and evaluation mechanisms; scale them to Google-sized data pipelines; and refine them to run in real-time on the cars

Qualification

C++Machine LearningRoboticsMotion PlanningCollaboration

Required

BS in Computer Science, ML, Robotics, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years general software engineering experience programming in C++ with efficient code
Experience collaborating with different teams

Preferred

MS in Computer Science, ML Robotics, similar technical field of study
General software engineering experience solving motion planning or related robotics problems
Experience solving or evaluating ML-based systems

Benefits

Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program

Company

Pittsburgh Robotics Network

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An organization dedicated to the growth and promotion of Pittsburgh's robotics companies and research institutions
dateFounded in 2018
location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
people-size2-10 employees
web-link
https://robopgh.org/

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$0.75M
Key Investors
Appalachian Regional Commission
2024-10-16Grant· $0.75M

Leadership Team

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Ryan O'Shea
Communications and Engagement Manager
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