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Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning

PlusAI · Hybrid

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Last seen by MeritLog September 12, 2026Source: LeverSource version: lever-postings-v1

MeritLog read this listing from PlusAI's Lever job board and last checked it on September 12, 2026.

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Job details

Work model
Hybrid
Salary
$130,000 - $220,000
Location
Santa Clara, CA

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How this role compares at PlusAI

PlusAI has 39 live roles in MeritLog’s catalog across 5 job families, and 24 of them are in engineering. 33 of those listings publish a pay range, a disclosure rate of 85%.

This role's posted range of $130,000 - $220,000 sits above 63% of the 32 other PlusAI roles quoted over the same currency and period.

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Job description

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. About the Team The Planning team is responsible for making sure PlusAI’s trucks make the right decision in every driving situation, safely, smoothly, and predictably for other road users, even when working with noisy, uncertain, or incomplete information about the world. This is a cross-functional problem that requires close collaboration with Perception, Prediction, Controls, and Safety, and a willingness to work at the edge of research and production: bringing state-of-the-art decision-making and optimization techniques into a system that runs on real trucks, on real roads, today. About the Role As a Senior Software Engineer on the Motion Planning team, you’ll research, develop, and implement planning technologies that let PlusAI’s trucks handle complex, real-world driving scenarios in a safe and human-like manner. You’ll work across the full decision-making stack, from reasoning about what the truck should do to determining precisely how it should get there, while accounting for the many ways a scenario could unfold.

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