CareerPlan

Senior Software Control Integration Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k–$288k2026-09-21 → 2026-11-10

Core

Developing, maintaining, and integrating autonomous vehicle control algorithms and software for trajectory tracking, model predictive control, and vehicle state estimation.

Role type

Senior IC software control integration engineer (autonomous vehicles)

Builds

Autonomous vehicle software stack, control modules, performance benchmarks, and calibration tools

Domain

Automotive industry + vehicle dynamics and control

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Control theories (classical, modern, nonlinear, MPC, optimal, robust, sliding mode), State estimation (Kalman filter, Luenberger observer), C/C++ for real-time embedded systems, Vehicle modeling and parameter identification, Test and verification methodologies, In-vehicle network integration

Preferred skills

Autonomous vehicle/ADAS development (lane keeping, ACC), Automotive safety concepts (FMEA), Deep learning and neural networks, Experience at automotive OEM/tier-1/start-ups, PhD