Senior Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning

Highlights

• Own the roadmap for collision-free motion planning on deployed humanoids.
• Architect planning for whole-body motion, grasping and loco-manipulation.
• Humanoids operate alongside teams tackling repetitive warehouse tasks.

What they offer

• 401(k) plan with 6% company match
• Company stock options
• 100% company-paid medical, dental and vision insurance
• Flexible unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays
• Generous paid parental leave
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement
• Relocation assistance
• Annual discretionary bonus

Ideal candidate

A seasoned robotics leader passionate about real-world humanoids who thrives owning complex autonomy architecture and mentoring senior engineers to deliver reliable systems at scale.

Requirements

• Experience developing and deploying manipulation algorithms on high-DOF robots
• Industry experience deploying mobile manipulation robots in commercial applications
• Expertise in sample-based planning, trajectory optimization and MPC to production
• Expertise planning under geometric and kinodynamic constraints
• Strong fundamentals in search and numerical optimization
• Expertise in modern C++ and Python for real-time robotics
• Track record architecting large-scale autonomy systems
• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring senior engineers