Bot Auto · 5 hours ago
Senior Planning & Control Engineer, Validation & Evaluation
Greater Houston
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelBot Auto is revolutionizing the transportation industry by developing fully autonomous Class 8 commercial motor vehicles. The Senior Planning & Control Engineer will lead validation algorithms and evaluation pipelines for the autonomous trucking system, focusing on defining metrics and analyzing planning and control behavior.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesTransportation
Responsibilities
Design and implement validation algorithms and metrics for planning and control performance (safety, comfort, efficiency, compliance)
Build and maintain scalable evaluation pipelines for offline and closed-loop testing
Analyze failures and regressions, identify root causes, and drive algorithm improvements
Partner closely with planning, control, simulation, and safety teams to validate new capabilities before release
Provide technical leadership on validation methodology and best practices
Qualification
Required
BS/MS in CS, Robotics, EE, ME, or related field
Strong C++ and Python skills
Solid understanding of motion planning, trajectory generation, and feedback control
Experience validating autonomous systems, robotics, or other safety-critical software
Ability to reason about system-level behavior using large-scale real-world data
Preferred
Experience with autonomous vehicles or trucking systems
Background in vehicle dynamics, control theory, or optimization
Experience designing metrics that distinguish real regressions from noise
Company
Bot Auto
Transforming American Transportation with Autonomous Trucks
Founded in 2023
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$20M2024-09-26Seed· $20M
Leadership Team
Xiaodi Hou
Chief Executive Officer
Chu Qian
Head of Product
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