Motion Planning Software Engineer, Humanoid Robot

5 days ago


Palo Alto, California, United States Tesla Full time
Job Overview

Tesla is on a path to build humanoid robots at scale to automate repetitive and boring tasks. Core to the Tesla Bot, the motion planning stack presents a unique opportunity to work on state-of-the-art motion planning algorithms, culminating in their deployment to real-world production applications.

Responsibilities

• Design software algorithms for fast and accurate human motion capture and playback
• Develop motion planning software and algorithms for humanoid, bipedal robots
• Develop algorithms that adapt well to imperfect state estimates and environmental uncertainty
• Design real-time trajectory optimizers, subject to geometric and dynamic constraints
• Effectively map human intent to robot action in a contact-rich environment
• Minimize end-to-end latency in trajectory execution to improve robot reaction time
• Contribute to software architecture design, including interfaces between subsystems
• Ship production-quality, safety-critical software
• Collaborate with a team of exceptional individuals laser-focused on bringing robotic automation to fruition

Requirements

• Production-quality, modern C++
• Experience developing modern planning approaches such as search, sampling, continuous optimization, and model predictive control on real robots
• Robotics fundamentals, including geometry, linear algebra, multivariate calculus, kinematics, dynamics, probability, and statistics
• Strong background in numerical optimization
• Ability to rapidly prototype and test new algorithms
• Shipped safety-critical software for real-time applications in a fast-paced environment
• Background in Computer Science/Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or similar fields of study, or equivalent practical knowledge

Benefits

Tesla offers a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive pay, medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with employer match, employee stock purchase plans, and more.

Expected Compensation

$120,000 - $360,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

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