What is Motion Planning and how common is it in AI job postings?

Motion Planning is a skill in the "Robotics & Embodied" category. It currently appears in 164 active AI roles across 30 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Motion Planning?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Motion Planning are: Anduril (60), Amazon (33), NVIDIA (10), Skydio (8), Wayve (6).

Is demand for Motion Planning growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 75 new AI postings mentioned Motion Planning. Demand is rising — up 122% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Motion Planning used?

Roles requiring Motion Planning are concentrated in: agents (63%), application (24%), post-training (4%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Motion Planning?

Job postings that mention Motion Planning most often also require: Robotics, Machine Learning, C++, Python, Software Engineering.

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164 active AI roles across 30 companies mention Motion Planning. Category: Robotics & Embodied.

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning Motion Planning per week — 75 total over 12 weeks.

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164 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist, Safe Locomotion, Compass	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Navigation	Big Tech	9	L4
NVIDIA	Deep Learning Senior Engineer, End-To-End Autonomous Driving	Semiconductors	9	L2
Wayve	Machine Learning Engineer, App SW	Robotics	9	L6
Skydio	Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning	Defense	9	L2
Skydio	PhD Autonomy Engineer Intern - Planning & Controls (Reinforcement Learning)	Defense	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Navigation	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist, Navigation	Big Tech	9	L4
Wayve	Tech Lead, ML Engineer - AV Product engineering	Robotics	9	L6
Amazon	Postdoctoral Scientist, Amazon Robotics Research and AI Development	Big Tech	9	L4
Figure AI	Helix AI Engineer, Video Pretraining	Robotics	9	L1
NVIDIA	Senior Software Engineer - Agentic Memory	Semiconductors	9	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Robotics Research Engineer, Robotics and AI for Drug Discovery	Semiconductors	9	L4
Anduril	AI Sorcerer	Defense	9	L4
NVIDIA	Principal Deep Learning Senior Engineer, End-To-End Autonomous Driving	Semiconductors	9	L2
NVIDIA	Deep Learning Senior Engineer, End-To-End Autonomous Driving	Semiconductors	9	L2
NVIDIA	Director of Engineering, End to End Autonomous Driving	Semiconductors	9	L6
Wayve	Machine Learning Engineer, App SW	Robotics	9	L6
OpenAI	Machine Learning Engineer, Distributed Data Systems - Robotics	AI Frontier	9	L0
Skydio	Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning	Defense	9	L2
Skydio	Senior Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning	Defense	9	L3
Amazon	2026 Applied Science Internship - United States, PhD Student Science Recruiting, Frontier AI & Robotics	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	2026 Applied Science Internship - United States, Undergrad Student Science Recruiting, Frontier AI & Robotics	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	2026 Applied Science Internship - United States, PhD Student Science Recruiting, Frontier AI & Robotics	Big Tech	9	L4
OpenAI	Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems - Robotics	AI Frontier	9	L0
Wayve	Machine Learning Engineer	Robotics	9	L6
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist, Delivery Foundation Model	Big Tech	9	L2
Amazon	2026 Applied Science Internship - United States, Undergrad Student Science Recruiting, Frontier AI & Robotics	Big Tech	9	L6
Waabi	Research Scientist, Learnable Planner	Robotics	9	L4
Scale AI	Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents	Data AI	9	L4

Frequently asked questions

What is Motion Planning and how common is it in AI job postings?
Motion Planning is a skill in the "Robotics & Embodied" category. It currently appears in 164 active AI roles across 30 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Motion Planning?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Motion Planning are: Anduril (60), Amazon (33), NVIDIA (10), Skydio (8), Wayve (6).
Is demand for Motion Planning growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 75 new AI postings mentioned Motion Planning. Demand is rising — up 122% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Motion Planning used?
Roles requiring Motion Planning are concentrated in: agents (63%), application (24%), post-training (4%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Motion Planning?
Job postings that mention Motion Planning most often also require: Robotics, Machine Learning, C++, Python, Software Engineering.

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