About the company
Our client is a robotics and automation company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Design and build high-level planning software that lets multiple autonomous vehicles move efficiently and safely in real-world deployments. Work as an early member of a growing team, owning algorithms from concept through validation in live operations alongside controls and systems engineers.
What you'll do
- Develop trajectory and path planning software for large autonomous vehicles so they move smoothly and avoid needless stops.
- Design algorithms that sequence vehicles through shared areas to reduce overall wait time.
- Build coordination systems that manage several vehicles with overlapping routes while preventing deadlocks and collisions.
- Create fleet-level planning algorithms that turn changing site conditions into active assignments for each vehicle.
- Work with controls and systems engineers to validate planning approaches during live deployments, with some schedule flexibility during testing.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of experience in robotics or autonomous systems engineering.
- A track record of shipping motion or route planning software for self-driving machines.
- Background in coordinating several agents at once or planning work across a fleet.
- Solid grounding in motion planning algorithms, including planning under non-holonomic constraints.
- Proficiency in Python and numerical computing libraries such as NumPy.
- Experience with computational geometry and collision detection.
- An undergraduate or graduate degree in a technical discipline such as robotics or computer science.
- Comfort with ambiguity and willingness to build processes from scratch.
- Ability to work on-site five days a week and keep a flexible schedule during deployments, including occasional late hours.
Bonus points
- Advanced degree with a focus on robotics or motion planning.
- Prior experience at a company building self-driving or robotic systems.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 176,000 to 240,000 per year
- Equity
- Annual performance bonus
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Disability and life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Flexible time off
- Paid holidays and parental leave
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in robotics or autonomous systems engineering
- Experience shipping motion or route planning software for self-driving machines
- Experience coordinating multiple agents or planning work across a fleet
- Strong understanding of motion planning algorithms, including non-holonomic constraints
- Proficiency in Python and numerical computing libraries such as NumPy
- Experience with computational geometry and collision detection
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in a technical discipline such as robotics or computer science
- Ability to work comfortably with ambiguity and build processes from scratch
- Ability to work on-site five days per week with schedule flexibility during deployments, including occasional late hours
- Advanced degree focused on robotics or motion planning
- Prior experience at a company building self-driving or robotic systems
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
