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Staff Robotics Engineer, 3D Sensing

Sunnyvale, California USAFull-time2026-10-14 → 2026-10-17
HybridVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Define and evolve technical architecture and roadmap for LiDAR and cross-sensor 3D sensing capabilities, bridging the gap between AI models and vehicle platforms to enable safe autonomous driving.

Role type

Staff individual-contributor robotics engineer (3D sensing)

Builds

Production 3D sensing systems, calibration, and registration methods for autonomous vehicles

Domain

Autonomous driving, robotics, 3D perception

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LiDAR and cross-sensor 3D sensing, sensor calibration and registration, 3D geometry and state estimation, nonlinear least-squares optimisation, factor graphs, motion compensation, C++ and Python, evaluation methodologies

Preferred skills

LiDAR odometry, SLAM, metric-depth foundation models, learned feature correspondences, Gaussian splatting, dynamic scene handling, optimisation libraries (GTSAM, Ceres Solver, g2o)

Technologies

LiDAR, cameras, C++, Python, GTSAM, Ceres Solver, g2o

Responsibilities

Define technical architecture and roadmap for 3D sensing, develop LiDAR calibration and registration methods, establish evaluation methodologies, provide technical leadership and mentorship

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope