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Staff Robotics Engineer (Dynamics and Controls)

Mountain View, California, United States of America💼 Full-time💰 $198,900–$198,900🗓 2026-02-26 → 2026-09-25

Core

Formulate and solve online optimization problems for vehicle dynamics, estimation, and controls to ensure kinematic feasibility, collision avoidance, and ride comfort for GM's Super Cruise system.

Role type

Staff Robotics Engineer (Dynamics and Controls)

Builds

Vehicle dynamics and controls software for autonomous driving systems

Domain

Automotive / Autonomous Driving / Robotics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Optimal controls, trajectory optimization algorithms, classical and modern feedback control theory, vehicle dynamics, C++, Python, system architecture, verification and validation strategies, root-cause analysis

Preferred skills

Robotics, ROS, AV/ADAS industry experience, numerical optimization algorithms, safety-critical system design, team management

Technologies

C++, Python, ROS

Responsibilities

Shape technical vision and multi-quarter roadmap designs, architect system designs and interface contracts, lead technical reviews and drive engineering best practices, establish verification and validation strategies, guide developers on system design and implementation, lead root-cause investigations for integration issues, mentor engineers across teams

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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