Talent.com
Senior Software Engineer, Controls
Senior Software Engineer, ControlsPlusAI, Inc. • Santa Clara, CA, United States
Senior Software Engineer, Controls

Senior Software Engineer, Controls

PlusAI, Inc. • Santa Clara, CA, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Plus, also known as PlusAI, is a Physical AI company pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with operations in the United States and Europe, Plus was named by Fast Company as one of the World's Most Innovative Companies. Partners including TRATON GROUP's Scania, MAN, and International brands, Hyundai Motor Company, Iveco Group, Bosch, and DSV are working with Plus to accelerate the deployment of next-generation autonomous trucks. If you're ready to make a huge impact and drive the future of autonomy, Plus is looking for talented individuals to join its fast-growing teams.

As a Senior Software Engineer on our controls team, you will deliver mission-critical improvements and new features for our autonomy motion planning and control stack. You will be a crucial part of our team, working alongside engineers, research scientists, and domain experts to build optimal and data driven controls to realize planned vehicle trajectories.

Your responsibilities will include the development of machine-learning vehicle models and learning based control policies, leveraging the extensive data we collect every day across our autonomous trucking fleet. You will also have the opportunities to solve real-world autonomy system challenges by participating in vehicle performance analysis, tuning, and troubleshooting. You will contribute significantly to our commitment to pushing the frontiers of technological innovation in autonomy.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and enhance control algorithms by developing frameworks that integrate MPC with learning based approaches (DL / RL / IL).
  • Responsible for the conceptual design and implementation of data driven controller by working cross-functionally with domain experts and other stakeholders by specifying meaningful insights for solving trajectory tracking problems.
  • Develop tools and infrastructure for dataset generation, training, and evaluation to drive advancements in online control optimization.
  • Ensure all model development keeps a real-time focus and operates efficiently in compute-constrained environments.
  • Take a lead role in the planning and execution of vehicle testing in the offline simulation environment and on public roads to systematically improve performance, as well as performing root cause analysis and debugging to address any issues.
  • Track and incorporate the latest multidisciplinary research advancements in a fast-moving field.
  • Ensure that your work is performed in accordance with the company's Quality Management System (QMS) requirements and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
  • Ensure team compliance with QMS, monitor quality, and drive process improvements.

Required Skills

  • Master's or PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 2+ years of MLE experience or industry experience designing and developing for robotics applications.
  • Strong foundation in motion control and modern neural network architectures, with expertise in at least one application area, such as IL / RL, time-series analysis, or dynamic system modeling.
  • Skilled in debugging robotic systems within Linux environments, with strong programming expertise in Python and C++.
  • Experience in model development & training with modern frameworks (e.g. PyTorch).
  • Hands-on familiarity with data ingestion and processing pipelines.
  • Preferred Skills

  • Hands-on application skills in any of the following areas : adaptive and nonlinear control, MPC & optimal control, robust control, data-driven control, Kalman filters, etc.
  • Have a solid understanding of AV control, vehicle dynamics and drive-by-wire systems.
  • Proven expertise with Application, Verification and Validation for ADAS / autonomous driving features and functions.
  • Experience implementing Safety guarantees for dynamical systems.
  • $150,000 - $200,000 a year

    Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

    Your opportunities joining Plus

    Work, learn and grow in a highly future-oriented, innovative and dynamic field.

    Wide range of opportunities for personal and professional development.

    Catered free lunch, unlimited snacks and beverages.

    Highly competitive salary and benefits package, including 401(k) plan.

    We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

    Create a job alert for this search

    Senior Software Engineer • Santa Clara, CA, United States

    Related jobs
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Idler • Potrero Hill, CA, US
    Full-time
    What we do Idler builds reinforcement learning environments that teach AI models to code like 0.Our training environments are based on real-world coding scenarios that frontier models will actually...Show more
    Last updated: 17 hours ago • Promoted • New!
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Symbolica AI • San Francisco, California, United States
    Full-time
    Symbolica is an AI research lab pioneering the application of category theory to enable logical reasoning in machines.We’re a well-resourced, nimble team of experts on a mission to bridge the gap b...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Gallup • San Francisco, California, United States
    Full-time
    Build Gallup’s next generation of products.As a senior software engineer at Gallup, you’ll push the boundaries of what our technology can do. You’ll design and deliver full-stack solutions, use rapi...Show more
    Last updated: 5 days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Clockwork.io • Palo Alto, California, United States
    Full-time
    Silicon Valley startup that delivers state-of-the-art AI compute acceleration.We are founded by Stanford researchers and veteran systems engineers with a shared belief : distributed systems powering...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Scale AI, Inc. • San Francisco, CA, United States
    Full-time
    Software is eating the world, but AI is eating software.We live in unprecedented times - AI has the potential to exponentially augment human intelligence. Every person will have a personal tutor, co...Show more
    Last updated: 28 days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Nautilus Biotechnology • San Carlos, California, United States
    Full-time
    At Nautilus, we have a big and important mission : improve the health of millions by unleashing the potential of the proteome to accelerate drug development and enable a new world of precision and p...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Assort Health • San Francisco, California, United States
    Full-time
    Assort’s vision is to make exceptional healthcare accessible anytime, anywhere, for everyone.We are building the most trusted patient-facing multimodal AI agent with industry-leading safety, accura...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Peregrine Technologies • San Francisco, California, United States
    Full-time
    Backed by leading investors from Silicon Valley, Peregrine supports public safety agencies across the country — from Los Angeles to Louisville to Atlanta — empowering public servants to improve ope...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Applied Intuition • Mountain View, California, United States
    Full-time
    Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines.Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition delivers the toolchain, Vehicle OS, and aut...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning Platform

    Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning Platform

    Snowflake • Menlo Park, California, United States
    Full-time
    The Snowflake Machine Learning Platform team’s mission is to enable customers to bring their machine learning and deep learning workloads to Snowflake. Our customers want to build powerful models wi...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Arkose Labs • San Mateo, California, United States
    Full-time
    The mission of Arkose Labs is to create an online environment where all consumers are protected from online spam and abuse. Recognized by G2 as the 2025 Leader in Bot Detection and Mitigation, with ...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Sydecar • San Francisco, California, United States
    Full-time
    Sydecar is on a mission to transform the world of private markets.Our goal is to make these markets more accessible, transparent, and liquid, and we're achieving this by revolutionizing the way inv...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Weightwatchers • San Francisco, California, United States
    Full-time
    WeightWatchers is a global digital health company.We are the #1 doctor-recommended – and most clinically studied – behavioral weight health program in the world. For sixty years, WeightWatchers has ...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Probably Genetic • San Francisco, California, United States
    Full-time
    Probably Genetic is changing the lives of patients living with severe, complex diseases.Our data platform is used by drug developers and patient advocacy groups to develop and launch treatments for...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Earnin • Palo Alto, California, United States
    Full-time
    As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of living paycheck to pay...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Appzen • San Jose, California, United States
    Full-time
    AppZen is the leader in autonomous spend-to-pay software.Its patented artificial intelligence accurately and efficiently processes information from thousands of data sources so that organizations c...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Nextdata • San Francisco, California, United States
    Full-time
    The future of data lies in decentralization, and the concept of a data mesh is the proven approach for implementing this at Enterprise scale. We’re here to make it a reality.Nextdata OS is a data-me...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Senior Software Engineer

    Senior Software Engineer

    Shakudo • San Francisco, California, United States
    Full-time
    At Shakudo, we are building the world’s first operating system for data and AI.We use the term operating system in the truest sense of the word. Like iOS, Windows and Linux, Shakudo’s end-to-end OS ...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted