Software Engineer - Motion Planning (Fallback Stack) is open at Applied in Sunnyvale. The posting gives a salary of $151K - $240K. Posted on Mar 12, 2026, and still on Applied’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
As a Motion Planning Engineer on the Fallback Stack team, you will design and ship deterministic, safety-critical planning systems that ensure autonomous vehicles behave safely when autonomy degrades or operates under uncertainty. This role emphasizes classical motion planning, predictable behavior, and large-scale evaluation, rather than deep learning–driven planning. In addition to your engineering contributions…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Applied’s careers page.
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