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Senior Software Engineer, Motion Planning

Gatik AI · Santa Clara, CA

Posted about 3 months ago · $180,000- $260,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
81 days
Gatik AI's roles stay open a median of 82 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
75% of Gatik AI's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Gatik AI
high
61 stale, 0 reposted of 67 open
Hiring momentum
78 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-24

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About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer in Motion Planning at Gatik, you will design and optimize the motion planning stack for autonomous vehicles, focusing on generating safe and efficient driving trajectories. Your role involves developing various planning methods, integrating constraints from perception and control, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance planning behavior. You will also analyze performance through simulations and real-world driving scenarios to improve the system's reliability.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

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What you need

  • Ph.D. with 3+ years or Master’s with 5+ years of experience in robotics, motion planning, or autonomous systems
  • Deep expertise in at least two of the following: lattice-based planning, trajectory optimization, model predictive control, or search-based planning
  • Strong proficiency in C++ with experience in production-quality code for real-time or safety-critical systems
  • Solid understanding of vehicle dynamics, control interfaces, and motion feasibility constraints
  • Experience with simulation tools and debugging motion planner behavior in realistic driving environments
  • Excellent analytical and system-level debugging skills

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of diffusion models and/or Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models is a strong plus

What you get

  • Salary Range - $180,000- $260,000

Worth weighing

  • Onsite work required 5 days a week in Santa Clara, CA
  • Focus on middle-mile logistics may limit exposure to broader autonomous vehicle applications

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Listed by Gatik AI on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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