Design and implement motion planning, guidance, and control algorithms for autonomous vehicles. Validate performance through system-level testing, optimize algorithms for real-time embedded execution, and translate complex traffic scenarios into safe vehicle behavior. The role also involves research, technical collaboration, code reviews, and applying vehicle dynamics, sensor fusion, localization, state estimation, and filtering techniques.
Description
Senior Motion Planning & Control Engineer Imagry · San Jose, CA · On-Site
Join Imagry at the forefront of autonomous driving. As a Senior Motion Planning & Control Engineer, you'll architect the algorithms that determine how our vehicles perceive, reason about, and navigate the real world — directly shaping the safety and intelligence of our autonomous systems.
What You'll Do
- Design and implement advanced guidance and control algorithms for autonomous driving systems
- Build, run, and analyze system-level tests to validate algorithm performance across complex, real-world scenarios
- Optimize control algorithms for real-time execution on embedded platforms
- Translate intricate traffic situations into safe, efficient vehicle behavior
- Keep pace with the latest research in autonomous vehicle motion planning and control
- Collaborate actively through technical discussions, code reviews, and team brainstorming
Requirements
- A degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aeronautical Engineering, or a related field, with a strong foundation in control theory
- Deep, hands-on experience with motion planning and control algorithms for autonomous systems
- Proficiency with complex electromechanical drive systems, dynamic systems, and control theory
- Strong programming skills in C++, Python, or MATLAB
Bonus Points
- Mathematical fluency in probabilistic reasoning, optimization, and linear algebra
- Understanding of vehicle dynamics and experience with inertial navigation systems
- Familiarity with real-time systems and optimization techniques
- Knowledge of sensor fusion and localization algorithms
- Experience with state estimation and filtering methods such as Kalman or particle filters
Imagry San Jose, California, USA Office
San Jose, United States
Similar Jobs
eCommerce • Fashion • Retail • Sales • Wearables • Design
Supports store success through customer service, cash-wrap and POS operations, shipment processing, stockroom organization, replenishment, visual merchandising, and sales-floor assistance. Acts as a brand ambassador, promotes products and gift cards, captures customer information, maintains housekeeping standards, and follows loss-prevention policies. Requires prior retail experience, strong communication and organizational skills, flexibility for retail schedules, and ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally.
Top Skills:
InternetIpadLaptopMobile PosPos SystemsWalkie-Talkie
Cloud • Information Technology • Machine Learning
Develops and manages Primavera P6 master construction schedules for hyperscale data center projects. Coordinates with construction, engineering, operations, and trade teams; conducts schedule risk, critical path, and progress reviews; validates contractor performance through site visits; produces forecasts and reports; and develops recovery plans, corrective actions, and what-if scenarios for project leadership and stakeholders.
Top Skills:
MS OfficeMicrosoft ProjectPrimavera P6Smartsheet
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
Own full-cycle recruiting for G&A functions across North America, including Finance, Legal, and compliance. Build passive-talent pipelines, map markets, provide data-driven hiring insights, advise senior leaders, and partner cross-functionally to solve hiring challenges. Mentor recruiting teammates and improve processes while maintaining a high bar for candidate experience and professionalism.
What you need to know about the San Francisco Tech Scene
San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area attracts more startup funding than any other region in the world. Home to Stanford University and UC Berkeley, leading VC firms and several of the world’s most valuable companies, the Bay Area is the place to go for anyone looking to make it big in the tech industry. That said, San Francisco has a lot to offer beyond technology thanks to a thriving art and music scene, excellent food and a short drive to several of the country’s most beautiful recreational areas.
Key Facts About San Francisco Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 365,500; 13.9% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Google, Apple, Salesforce, Meta
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fintech, consumer technology, software
- Funding Landscape: $50.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
- Research Centers and Universities: Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of San Francisco; Santa Clara University; Ames Research Center; Center for AI Safety; California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
