Senior Motion Planning Software Engineer

Zipline is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Autonomy Motion Planning team to develop real-time trajectory generation and decision-making for autonomous flight. This role involves tackling complex optimization problems in uncertain environments and designing safety-critical software for drone delivery systems.

• Build real-time trajectory generation and decision-making for autonomous flight
• Tackle joint optimization across safety, energy, time, and reliability
• Plan in uncertain environments with complex dynamics
• Design safety-critical software for obstacle avoidance and package handling
• Extend autonomy stack for new aircraft and payloads
• Validate safety metrics using fleet data and simulation