Senior Principal Planning & Control Engineer

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle‑free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Get to Know the Team

Our team develops production‑grade robotics and autonomy capabilities for the uniquely complex, unstructured urban environments of Southeast Asia. We are ambitious and pragmatic : advancing perception, planning, and control step by step, with safety evidence as the gate for every milestone. We focus on building robust system capabilities, scaling with uncompromised quality, and collaborating with industry leaders while investing in in‑house expertise where it differentiates us.

We are a senior, hands‑on engineering group that prizes operational excellence, clear interfaces, and reproducible pipelines.

Get to Know the Role

As the Senior Principal Planning & Control Engineer, you will be the technical anchor and visionary for motion planning and control. You will architect, design, and deliver the systems that allow autonomous platforms to navigate safely, smoothly, and predictably in complex urban environments. This is a hands‑on role with broad technical ownership, setting direction and standards for planning and control while driving the development of production‑grade solutions.

You will report to the Head of Engineering and will contribute directly to both technical and strategic leadership. This is a fully onsite role at Grab Singapore's One North office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

Technical Leadership & Strategy

• Own the technical vision and roadmap for motion planning and control, from behavioral planning through trajectory generation and vehicle actuation.
• Architect a scalable, production‑grade planning and control stack tailored to the challenges of Southeast Asian environments.
• Lead technical design reviews and set the standard for developing verifiable and safety‑critical software, regardless of the underlying methodology.

Hands‑on Development & Implementation

Mentorship & Collaboration

What Essential Skills You Will Need

Essential Skills

Preferred Skills

Life at Grab

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What We Stand For at Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.

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