Senior Autonomy Software Engineer, Mapping

Highlights

• Set navigation strategy for driverless long-haul trucks with no one in cab.
• Lead mapping and localization for commercial Driver-as-a-Service operations.
• Advance autonomy spanning long-haul trucking, industrial and defense.

What they offer

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent medical, dental and vision plans including infertility benefits
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays and generous parental leave
• Dog-friendly Mountain View office with free catered lunch and EV charging
• Disability, life insurance and wellbeing benefits including Headspace

Ideal candidate

Technical leader passionate about high-reliability autonomy who takes ownership of full-system performance. You mentor others, communicate clearly, and move fast to build lasting navigation infrastructure from scratch.

Requirements

• BS, MS or PhD with experience building navigation, localization and odometry systems
• Expert in C++ and strong problem-solving skills
• Experience building high-reliability deployed applications with maintainable code
• Deep experience transforming GNSS, IMU and wheel speed data into 6-DOF pose via Kalman Filtering or factor graphs
• Experience with computer vision, visual odometry and/or odometry from point clouds
• History of mentoring engineers and elevating technical practices
• Ability to build and iterate quickly, including lasting infrastructure from scratch
• Great communicator with experience writing clear design documentation