Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Perception

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Build real-time software for lidar, camera, IMU, GPS, and other multimodal sensor data.
• Implement and test sensor-fusion code across simulation and real-world deployments.
• Perform intrinsic, extrinsic, and temporal sensor calibration.
• Apply linear algebra, 3D geometry, filtering, and optimization to state estimation.
• Design geometry-based computer-vision and robotics algorithms for real-time perception.
• Evaluate sensor selection, system tradeoffs, and production validation plans.
• Contribute to ruggedized sensor hardware, enclosures, and mounts.
• Maintain real-time sensor and video streaming pipelines.
• Integrate perception algorithms with ML, firmware, embedded, and systems teams.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent experience is considered.
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience developing and deploying robotics or perception software in real-world systems.
• Strong experience with geometry-based computer vision and robotics algorithms.
• Proficiency in Rust and C/C++.
• Experience with real-time, high-throughput multimodal sensor data and fusion across lidar, camera, IMU, and GPS.

Preferred Qualifications

• Real-time sensor-fusion implementation, testing, and validation experience.
• Sensor calibration or strong mathematical and optimization experience.
• Experience evaluating sensor tradeoffs and defining production validation plans.
• Experience with localization, SLAM, online calibration, GStreamer, ROS2, autonomous vehicles, field robotics, or safety-critical systems.
• Publications in robotics conferences or related journals are preferred.
• Hardware experience with ruggedized robotic systems is preferred.

Compensation

• The target hiring salary range is $163,000 to $212,000 USD.
• Final compensation depends on skills, experience, qualifications, and location.

Workplace

• The position is based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
• The role validates autonomous systems in real-world field deployments.