Principal Software Engineer, Outrider

• Familiarity with state of the art, best practices, and research in motion planning and controls
• Ability to design, implement, and deploy motion planning and control software stacks
• A growth mindset
• Strong C++ software development skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Fluency in English
• Recurring success in multiple technical projects of increasing complexity
• Proven success developing motion planning and controls software for a robot or autonomous vehicle outside of the laboratory
• Degree in CS or equivalent

Desirable

• As a full-time Principal Motion Planning Engineer, you will develop and deploy high-performance software that is responsible for controlling the behaviors of our automated electric yard truck that transports trailers around customer sites
• You will steer and execute the technical strategy for our planning stack
• You will collaboratively solve big technical challenges together with a talented engineering team that is customer-focused and motivated to make this product a reality
• You will have the support of a leadership that is laser focused on a product
• Design, implement, and deploy motion planning and controls algorithms
• Develop cutting-edge C++ software running on autonomous vehicles that controls their maneuvers and avoids collision with nearby obstacles
• Build new features to support the needs of our customers in global distribution centers
• Monitor performance metrics of our product operating at customer sites and develop new performance metrics to meet the customers’ needs
• Contribute generally to the growth and success of Outrider and the building of a vibrant culture focused on the responsible deployment of zero-emission autonomous vehicle technology
• Provide technical and theoretical guidance to planning team
• Communicate and distill evaluations and results to the leadership
• Help to design/improve our key tools: simulation, evaluation, compute
• Lead cross functional efforts with the other autonomy stakeholders and upstream/downstream components

• 100% Remote work set up, flexible work schedule (Flex time - off policy)
• Annual career development stipend to support and encourage your career growth
• Allowance for home office set up
• Business traveling in our headquarters in Denver, Colorado (3-4 times/year) to stay connected with the team

Total funding: $306m

Logistics yards are complex and often chaotic settings, that present numerous hazards to human workers. Outrider supplies autonomous electric yard trucks to automate repetitive, manual, and hazardous tasks, removing humans from dangerous roles, and playing into the safety concerns of every yard manager.