Who we are:
Glydways is reimagining what public transit can be. We believe that mobility is the gateway to opportunity—connecting people to housing, education, employment, commerce, and care. By making transportation more accessible, affordable, and sustainable, we empower communities to thrive and unlock economic and social prosperity.
Our mission is to revolutionize transit with a solution that delivers high capacity, exceptional user experiences, unmatched affordability, and minimal environmental impact.
The Glydways system is a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral, interconnected transit pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Operating 24/7 with on-demand access, it offers personalized and efficient mobility—without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies.
With Glydways, we’re building more than a transportation system; we’re creating a future where everyone, everywhere, has the freedom to move.
Meet the team:
You'll join a team that is responsible for developing software for resource scheduling, planning, controls, and modeling of systems. The team is composed of team members with strong backgrounds in various algorithm development fields and C++ programming. Members contribute to various projects within the team in a cross discipline fashion.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Work closely with teammates to design dynamics modeling and control methods.
- Develop system modeling algorithms and parameter estimation methods.
- Contribute to implementations of control systems.
- Being rigorous with implementation of unit tests and integration tests based on functional requirements and implementation detail.
- Contribute to code review, design review, planning, and general collaboration efforts.
- Working with other teams to understand and satisfy architectural, hardware, and platform requirements.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- PhD and 2 years of professional experience or BSc/MSc and 5 years of professional experience.
- C++ programming skills: experience with C++20 standard libraries, experience with a C++ unit testing framework such as gtest, experience working with CMake or Bazel build systems.
- Control system implementation skills: previously implemented optimal control algorithms (such as MPC or variations of LQR) with constraints for nonlinear, parameter-varying dynamical systems on hardware systems, have designed tests and metrics for evaluation of control system performance.
- Dynamic modeling background: experience modeling dynamic responses of MIMO systems in state-space representation, previously performed system identification and parameter estimation, experience modeling 6DOF kinematics using quaternions or rotation matrices, bonus: familiarity with vehicle dynamics such as suspension, power steering, tire models, and propulsion models.
- Familiarity working with dynamics simulation software and/or simulation software in C++
Glydways provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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