What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Lead, Planning position at AeroVect?
Who We Are
AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world's largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com.
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead who can architect and lead the development of best-in-class planning systems for autonomous driving in structured, low-speed environments.
In this role, you'll lead the planning team, own the planning module roadmap, and ensure the delivery of high-quality planning systems. Leveraging your experience in building production-grade planners, you'll drive the development of the mission planner, behavior planner, and motion planner, achieving category-defining vehicle autonomy for the airside.
This opportunity offers a seasoned leader the chance to develop a market-defining enterprise product that combines autonomous vehicle technology with a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) business model. This role reports to our Head of Autonomy and works closely with the autonomy engineering team.
What You'll Do
- Lead the planning team, set clear goals, and foster a collaborative environment to deliver high-quality planning systems.
- Set the short and long-term technical direction for the planning stack and balance leadership responsibilities with hands-on technical work.
- Develop and maintain the planning module roadmap, ensuring timely delivery of milestones by directing schedules and removing obstacles for your team.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with other teams to create an integrated autonomous driving system, contributing to strategic decision-making in the planning system architecture.
- Establish and promote best practices in software development, functional safety, and systems engineering within the planning team.
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