trajectory-planning jobs in San Diego

Senior Robotics Software Engineer responsible for building motion and trajectory planning systems for robotic manipulators, including kinematics, inverse kinematics, and collision-free path planning. You will develop the driver layer connecting to robot hardware, implement learning-based methods and simulation (reinforcement learning, sim-to-real), and contribute to the full robotics software stack (behaviors, motion planning, world modeling, device control).…See more You'll write validation suites, collaborate with hardware teams, and mentor engineers while maintaining strong coding and safety practices in a fast-paced startup environment.

Design and implement robotics software for multi-robot coordination, motion planning, and trajectory execution. Own the driver layer connecting to robot hardware, develop kinematics and collision-free planning algorithms, and advance the stack with learning-based methods including reinforcement learning and sim-to-real training.…See more Mentor engineers, establish technical direction for the robotics software stack, and ensure motion planning and control systems are reliable, safe, and production-ready on real hardware.

Senior Software Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining control software for advanced life science research instruments. The role spans the full technology stack—from low-level hardware integration and motion control to distributed services and user-facing applications—requiring expertise in C#/.NET, Linux, real-time data acquisition, multi-threaded programming, and RPC frameworks.…See more Core responsibilities include developing data acquisition and signal processing pipelines, collaborating with systems engineering teams, refactoring existing architecture, and troubleshooting complex instrument software. Requires 5+ years of software development experience with strong C# proficiency and familiarity with control systems, communication protocols, and performance optimization.

Senior software engineer responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining control software for advanced life science research instruments. Core work spans low-level hardware integration, data acquisition, motion control, signal processing, and distributed services using C# and .NET 6+.…See more Will refactor existing architecture, improve performance and reliability, and collaborate with systems engineering teams to implement new instrument functionality. Requires 5+ years of software development experience, proficiency with Linux, multi-threaded programming, real-time data acquisition, and RPC frameworks like gRPC.

Lead ADAS R&D software engineering efforts for autonomous vehicle perception and decision systems at Qualcomm. Design, develop, and optimize embedded software blocks including deep-learning-based camera perception, lidar/radar perception, multi-sensor fusion, object tracking, behavior prediction, trajectory planning, and vehicle control.…See more Develop efficient middleware for sensor data sharing and SDKs enabling customer proof-of-concepts. Requires Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field plus 7 years of related experience.