Senior / Principal Software Engineer

2 weeks ago


Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Outrider Full time

Engineering – Autonomy - Planning And Controls / Outrider is a software company that is automating distribution yards with electric, self-driving trucks.

Our system eliminates manual tasks that are hazardous and repetitive while it improves safety and efficiency. Outrider's mission is to drive the rapid adoption of sustainable freight transportation.

We are a private company founded in 2018 and backed by NEA, 8VC, Koch Disruptive Technologies, and other top-tier investors.

Our customers are Fortune 200 companies and our autonomous trucks are already running in distribution yards. You are joining a growing team that is responsible for motion planning, controls, and behaviors for Outrider's autonomous trucks.

The team members proactively utilize tools such as simulation and data analytics to understand the performance of the product at scale in diverse situations, and they maintain a state-of-the-art motion planning stack by routinely studying new techniques from the research community.

As a full-time Senior Navigation Software Engineer, you will develop and deploy high-performance software that is responsible for controlling the behaviors of our automated electric yard truck that transports trailers around customer sites.

You will steer and execute the technical strategy for our planning stack.

You will collaboratively solve big technical challenges together with a talented engineering team that is customer-focused and motivated to make this product a reality.

Design, implement, and deploy motion planning and controls algorithms
Develop cutting-edge C++ software running on autonomous vehicles that controls their maneuvers and avoids collision with nearby obstacles
Monitor performance metrics of our product operating at customer sites and develop new performance metrics to meet the customers' needs
Contribute generally to the growth and success of Outrider and the building of a vibrant culture focused on the responsible deployment of zero-emission autonomous vehicle technology
Provide technical and theoretical guidance to planning team
Help to design/improve our key tools: simulation, evaluation, compute
Familiarity with state of the art, best practices, and research in navigation, motion planning and controls
Proven track record in navigation and planning in robotics
Experience working in competitive AI companies & startups
Ability to design, implement, and deploy motion planning and control software stacks
Recurring success in multiple technical projects of increasing complexity
Proven success developing motion planning and controls software for a robot or autonomous vehicle outside of the laboratory
Fluency in English
Experience with software development on autonomous vehicles
Experience participating in github repos, or open source projects
Project ownership from day one, highly collaborative teams and a dynamic work environment
Flexible Time Off Policy
Allowance for home office set up

At Outrider, we believe in cultivating an environment where there is diversity of perspectives, experiences, and knowledge with the expectation that we thrive in an inclusive environment.

Outrider is committed to a workforce where everyone's opportunities are limitless regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any others that are protected by law.

The only way to communicate with us is through our corporate website at , through corporate emails utilizing our domain name of @ outrider.



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