About Wing:
Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing’s fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on three continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If you're ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.
About the Role:
Wing is looking for a Senior Motion Planning Software Engineer to join our Pathfinder team. This role will be based remotely in the US.
We are looking for Engineers with Software Engineering and Path Planning experience to contribute to the development and continuous improvement of a system that safely flies thousands of autonomous aircraft every day around the world. Developing and fielding this kind of large-scale production path planning system is a challenge that you find both humbling and exciting. You enjoy developing systems from concept through production, and you have an eye for crafting practical solutions that run reliably on real-world systems. You will work in a multidisciplinary environment with direct access to our guidance, navigation, and control engineers and backend engineers.
What You’ll Do:
- Create innovative and reliable aircraft path planning solutions that enable new capabilities for our fleet of autonomous aircraft.
- Build the testing and analysis infrastructure required to validate these solutions and continuously monitor their performance.
- Have ownership and cognisance of path planning systems throughout the entire life-cycle: concept, design, implementation, lab and flight testing and evaluation, fielding, and support.
- Work closely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high level performance goals are met and business objectives are achieved.
- Participate in the team's processes, including: requirements and design documentation, test-plan generation and execution, peer design and code reviews, and process feedback and improvements.
What You’ll Need:
- MS degree or equivalent practical experience in Aerospace, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
- Strong C++ implementation experience.
- Working knowledge of kinematics and equations of motion.
- 8 years of experience working with Path planning and/or Guidance, Navigation, and Control technology for aerial or ground vehicles.
- Experience in modeling and simulation.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is the salary range below + bonus + equity + benefits. Wing’s salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
Wing is an equal opportunity employer and it is Wing's policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Employment at Wing is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Wing does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.
If you have a need that requires accommodation during the interview process due to a disability or special need, please let us know by completing our Candidate Accommodations Request Form.
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