Motion Planning Engineer

Applied Industrial Technologies
Ann Arbor
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 150,000 - 190,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 3-5 yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Teamwork","Adaptability"]

Develop, integrate, and test core path planning for autonomous aerial platforms, spanning Group 1-5 UAVs, across commercial and defense applications. Collaborate with DoD domain experts and vendors to deploy GNC algorithms on OEM hardware, building robust autonomy software architectures for real systems.

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Applied Industrial Technologies
Applied Industrial Technologies
1 year ago

Motion Planning Engineer

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Job Summary

Develop, integrate, and test core path planning for autonomous aerial platforms, spanning Group 1-5 UAVs, across commercial and defense applications. Collaborate with DoD domain experts and vendors to deploy GNC algorithms on OEM hardware, building robust autonomy software architectures for real systems.
Location: Ann Arbor
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Write software that operates real autonomous aircraft systems including fighter aircraft, maritime surface vessels, group 1-5 UAVs, and simulators to accomplish tactical military missions.
  • •Build, leverage, and improve aerial autonomy software architectures that are tested and deployed on real systems to accomplish military missions.
  • •Collaborate with DoD warfighter domain experts and 3rd party UAS vendors to develop and integrate aerial autonomy software onto OEM hardware.
  • •Develop and integrate core GNC algorithms into software/product stacks across the company.
  • •Support autonomy control development with data visualization and debugging tools as needed.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 150,000 - 190,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceDisability Insurance401kLearning BudgetWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •3-5 years of professional experience in autonomous vehicle motion planning, robotics, or a related field.
  • •Experience in 3D+ path planning using sampling based methods such as RRT* or similar.
  • •Experience in 2/2.5D grid based planning methods such as A* or similar.
  • •Experience developing autonomy algorithms in either C++ or Python
  • •Experience developing or implementing outer-loop control systems
  • •Strong functional, procedural, data-oriented, and object-oriented programming experience
  • •Experience using git, Visual Studio Code, GitLab
Experience:3-5 yearsRoboticsAutonomous systemsDefense
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkAdaptability
Tech Stack:C++PythonGitGitLabVisual Studio CodeDockerLinux

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.
Security Clearance:Secret

Company Brief

Applied Industrial Technologies
Applied Industrial Technologies is a distributor of industrial products and services, supplying bearings, power transmission, fluid power, safety products, and engineered solutions to maintenance, repair and operations customers and OEMs.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Cleveland, United States
Founded: 1923
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