Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Waabi

Motion Planning

$158-269k

Offers equity and an annual performance bonus

Python

C++

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Toronto

Remote from Canada, US

AI-powered self-driving technology

Open for applications

AI-powered self-driving technology

201-500 employees

B2BTravelCarsAugmented RealitySaaS

Open for applications

$158-269k

Offers equity and an annual performance bonus

Python

C++

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Toronto

Remote from Canada, US

201-500 employees

B2BTravelCarsAugmented RealitySaaS

Company mission

To bring commercially viable self-driving technology to society.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

MS/PhD or Bachelor degree with a minimum of 4 years of industry experience in Computer Science, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study
Experience in planning/decision making approaches (e.g., optimal control, optimization based approaches, search methods, probabilistic decision making)
Production-quality coding skill in Python or C++
Solid problem solving skills using linear algebra, geometry, statistics & probability
Ability to rapidly prototype and test new algorithms
Open-minded and collaborative team player with the willingness to help others
Able to maintain progress towards long-term goals while working on short-term problems
Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions

Desirable

Experience working in self-driving field
Experience in optimization

What the job involves

Design and develop motion planning software and algorithms, building the brain which orchestrates decision making in dynamic, uncertain and interactive traffic scenarios
Be part of a team of multidisciplinary Engineers and Research Scientists using an AI-first approach to enable safe self-driving at scale
Participate and share ideas in technical and architecture discussions, collaborating with researchers and engineers to build a reliable autonomy stack for self-driving vehicles

Our take

Autonomous vehicle technology is rapidly developing and many sectors are recognizing its value. However, whilst the self-driving industry has made significant advancements there is much more that can be done. There are challenges in this space surrounding scale and developing commercially viable self-driving technology.

Waabi hopes to tackle these challenges and be the leader in self-driving technology with their "AI first approach". The company said that combined with a closed-loop simulator, this approach will allow both common driving scenarios and safety-critical edge cases to be tested at scale - solving one of the key issues in the industry.

Waabi has a growing partnership with Volvo too, with is a major boost for its future. The two companies have co-developed a new Volvo VNL Autonomous truck that pairs VOlvo's purpose-built autonomy platform with Waabi's end-to-end AI driving system, sensors, and compute. Volvo has also backed Waabi financially through its venture arm, giving Waabi both manufacturing support and long-term investment. Toget, erhjtis puts Waabi in a position to scale and move towards fully driverless trucking quicker.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

81% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Jun 2024

$200m

SERIES B

Jun 2021

$71.7m

SERIES A

Total funding: $271.7m

Leadership

Raquel Urtasun

(Founder & CEO)

Previously worked at Uber as Chief Scientist, Head of Uber ATG R&D. Is also a professor at the University of Toronto.

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