Motion Planning Engineer, Tesla Bot

12 hours ago


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

Tesla is revolutionizing the field of robotics with the development of humanoid robots designed to automate repetitive and mundane tasks. As a Motion Planning Engineer on our team, you will play a critical role in creating state-of-the-art motion planning algorithms that will be deployed in real-world production applications.

Responsibilities
  • Design and develop software algorithms for fast and accurate human motion capture and playback
  • Develop motion planning software and algorithms for humanoid, bipedal robots
  • 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
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
Benefits
  • Competitive pay
  • Aetna PPO and HSA plans
  • Family-building, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
  • Dental and vision plans
  • Company-paid HSA contribution
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • LGBTQ+ care concierge services
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plans
  • Company-paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time
  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
Voluntary Benefits
  • Critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
  • Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
  • Tesla Babies program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Employee discounts and perks program

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



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