Senior Motion Planning Engineer – Autonomous Driving, Land Domain
Quantum-Systems GmbH · Posted Nov 11, 2026
- Gilching, Bayern, Germany
- On-site
- Full-time · Senior
- 8+ years
Play a key role in shaping how autonomous ground systems navigate safely, efficiently, and robustly through complex environments by developing motion planning capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Take technical ownership of motion planning capabilities, contributing to the architecture, technical roadmap, and quality of the systems that enable autonomous ground vehicles to navigate complex environments.
- Design and develop robust motion planning solutions, translating perception inputs, localization data, maps, mission objectives, and vehicle constraints into safe and executable decisions and trajectories.
- Contribute hands-on to complex engineering challenges, investigating planning failures, improving algorithms, debugging system-level issues, and optimizing performance for real-world vehicle operation.
- Drive strong engineering decisions, leading technical discussions, challenging assumptions, evaluating trade-offs, and helping teams make pragmatic and sustainable architectural choices.
- Translate operational and product needs into technical solutions, working with relevant stakeholders to define clear requirements, priorities, interfaces, and implementation plans.