Principal Engineer, Autonomy

📋 Description

• Own the design and evolution of the perception stack — detection, classification, tracking, and
• Own the prediction stack and the design of models for intent inference, behavior forecasting, and
• Own the design of the planning and decision-making stack, from structured driving behaviors to the
• Set the technical direction at the interfaces between primary areas and the rest of the stack
• Own the functional and SW architecture of the autonomy stack and partner with neighboring teams

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years of hands-on experience building production autonomy systems, with strong technical depth
• Demonstrated track record of shipping autonomy components that have run in production on real
• Prior experience as the most senior individual contributor in an autonomy organization.
• Deepest technical depth in perception, prediction, or planning (ideally more than one of the three).
• Strong software engineering fundamentals in C++ and Python.
• Fluency with modern deep learning for autonomy, including practical realities of training

🎁 Benefits

• A real ODD with real constraints: airports are one of the few environments where commercial
• Scope: senior-most technical voice across Perception, Prediction, and Planning with cross-stack
• A defined path to scale: real commercial deployment with a concrete path to removing the safety
• $290K – $350K salary with equity offered.