CareerPlan

Staff Robotics Engineer, Localization

Sunnyvale, California USAFull-time2026-10-13 → 2026-11-10
HybridVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Define and evolve technical architecture for onboard vehicle localization, developing robust state-estimation systems that fuse GNSS, IMU, and wheel-odometry signals for autonomous driving.

Role type

Staff individual-contributor robotics engineer (localization)

Builds

Production-ready state-estimation systems and localization capabilities for vehicle platforms

Domain

Autonomous driving, robotics, sensor fusion

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Localization, state estimation, sensor fusion, GNSS/IMU/wheel-odometry integration, Kalman filters (EKF/UKF), nonlinear optimization, factor graphs, modern C++, Python, validation and benchmarking, technical leadership

Preferred skills

Camera/LiDAR/RADAR sensor fusion, GTSAM/Ceres/g2o, MISRA C++, embedded real-time deployment, ROS/Eigen/OpenCV/CUDA, ground truth generation

Technologies

C++, Python, GTSAM, Ceres, g2o, ROS, Eigen, OpenCV, PCL, CUDA, GNSS, IMU, LiDAR, RADAR

Responsibilities

Define localization architecture and roadmap, develop state-estimation algorithms, implement production systems, design validation and benchmarking frameworks, provide technical leadership and mentorship

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope