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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Motion Planning

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.

Sector

All Defense · 78 Big Tech · 38 Robotics · 19 Semiconductors · 11 AI Frontier · 5 Enterprise · 3 Data AI · 3 Industrial · 2 Consumer · 2 Retail · 1 Hospitality · 1 Healthcare · 1

Function

All Engineering · 141 Research · 17 Product · 6

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164 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Nuro	Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning	Robotics	9	L2
Nuro	Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior Planning and Prediction	Robotics	9	L4
Nuro	Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning	Robotics	9	L4
Google	Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML	Big Tech	8	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Amazon Robotics, Compass Team	Big Tech	8	L6
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon Robotics - Vulcan	Big Tech	8	L6
Amazon	Applied Scientist - ML and Robotics	Big Tech	8	L6
Skydio	Senior Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning	Defense	8	L3
Amazon	Sr Applied Scientist - Robotics Simulation, Amazon Robotics R&D	Big Tech	8	L0
Amazon	Director of Science, Geospatial	Big Tech	8	L6
Anduril	Generative AI Integration Engineer	Defense	8	L4
Shield AI	Engineering Lead, Autonomy Software (R4705)	Defense	8	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Last Mile Delivery Automation	Big Tech	8	L6
Amazon	Sr. Applied Scientist, Amazon Robotics, Structured Field Coordinated Planning & Control	Big Tech	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Software Engineer, Robotics - Isaac Lab	Semiconductors	8	L4
Lila Sciences	Scientist I / II, Robotics	AI Frontier	8	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Last Mile Delivery Automation	Big Tech	8	L4
Skydio	Autonomy Software Engineer	Defense	8	L6
Amazon	Robotics - Applied Scientist II Intern / Co-op - 2026 (Robotics, Manipulation, Perception, Motion Planning, Autonomous Mobile Robots, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Controls, and more)	Big Tech	8	L4
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist, Last Mile Delivery Automation	Big Tech	8	L4
Nuro	Senior Software Engineer, Behavior Planning	Robotics	8	L4
Waabi	Research Engineer, Learnable Planner (Integration)	Robotics	8	L4
Anduril	Lead Systems Engineer, Battlespace	Defense	7	L4
Anduril	Systems Engineer, Battlespace	Defense	7	L4
AMD	Sr. Manager Software Development	Semiconductors	7	L6
Anduril	Mission Software Engineer	Defense	7	L4
Amazon	Senior Robotics SDE III, Amazon Robotics - Vulcan	Big Tech	7	L4
Caterpillar	Manager, Product Management (Platform)	Industrial	7	L4
Anduril	Senior Systems Engineer, Battlespace	Defense	7	L4
Amazon	Sr. Technical Program Manager, AI Studios	Big Tech	7	L6

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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