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Technical Lead Manager, Motion Validation

California - HQ💼 Full-time💰 $235,030–$235,030🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-27

Core

Own core logic and software implementation for robotics-based safety protections in the autonomy stack and lead a technical team solving real-world autonomy issues.

Role type

Senior IC technical lead (motion planning & safety)

Builds

Safety-critical motion planning, decision making, and trajectory optimization systems for Level 4 autonomous vehicles

Domain

Autonomous driving / Robotics / Safety-critical systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Motion planning, trajectory optimization, controls systems, C++, geometry, optimization, probability, kinematics, dynamics, data-driven and model-based planning integration

Preferred skills

Real-world deployment experience, root cause analysis, cross-functional collaboration

Technologies

C++

Responsibilities

Own core logic and software implementation for robotics-based safety protections; act as primary POC for solving real-world autonomy issues including root cause analysis and solution design; lead and grow a technical team; work cross-functionally with AI modeling, eval, systems, and operations teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership

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