Waabi

Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning

Remote US & Canada · Dallas, TX · Phoenix, AZ · Pittsburgh, PA · San Francisco, CA · Toronto, ON

Get past the screening software and onto a recruiter's desk

hirly rewrites your resume for this job — matching the keywords and skills in the posting, moving your most relevant experience to the top, and writing a cover letter to fit. About 30 seconds.

Keywords matched to this posting
Fit score before you apply
Cover letter included

Tailor my resume for this job →

Apply from your AI assistant

Connect hirly to Claude and ask it to apply to this job. hirly tailors your resume, fills the employer’s form and asks before sending. ChatGPT: manual setup today.

See how it works

Some employer sites stop an application at a CAPTCHA or sign-in and hand it back with a link. Applying needs a paid plan. Works with any assistant that supports MCP.

hirly's read of this role

Role family: Engineering
Seniority: Lead / management
Countries: CA, US
Work mode: On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly: 1 Sept 2026

Derived automatically from the posting. Upload your resume above to see how the role scores against it.

the posting

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.

With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai

You will...

Design and develop motion planning software and algorithms, building the brain which orchestrates decision making in dynamic, uncertain and interactive traffic scenarios.

Be part of a team of multidisciplinary Engineers and Research Scientists using an AI-first approach to enable safe self-driving at scale.

Participate and share ideas in technical and architecture discussions, collaborating with researchers and engineers to build a reliable autonomy stack for self-driving vehicles.

Qualifications:

MS/PhD or Bachelor degree with a minimum of 4 years of industry experience in Computer Science, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.

Experience in planning/decision making approaches (e.g., optimal control, optimization based approaches, search methods, probabilistic decision making).

Production-quality coding skill in Python or C++.

Solid problem solving skills using linear algebra, geometry, statistics & probability.

Ability to rapidly prototype and test new algorithms.

Open-minded and collaborative team player with the willingness to help others.

Able to maintain progress towards long-term goals while working on short-term problems.

Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

Bonus/nice to have:

Experience working in self-driving field.

Experience in optimization.

Original posting on Waabi's site ↗

Listed on hirly, a job board. hirly is not the employer: Waabi is hiring for this role.

Browse similar roles

Want this one?

Upload your resume and hirly rewrites it for this job and writes the cover letter — in about thirty seconds, before you sign up.

Tailor my resume for this job