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Senior/Staff Research Engineer, Perception

Santa Clara, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-01 → 2026-07-31

Core

Designing and refining ML algorithms for LiDAR, camera, and radar perception to enable autonomous middle-mile logistics trucks to navigate complex environments.

Role type

Senior/Staff Research Engineer, Perception

Builds

Perception systems for autonomous medium-duty trucks serving B2B logistics customers.

Domain

Autonomous driving / Middle-mile logistics / Sensor fusion

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Sensor fusion, 3D object detection, segmentation, tracking, deep neural networks, C++, Python, CUDA, TensorFlow, PyTorch, sensor calibration, vehicle dynamics, environmental modeling, data structures, algorithm design, deep learning optimization (quantization, pruning, knowledge distillation)

Preferred skills

Publishing research in top-tier journals/conferences, synthetic data application

Technologies

LiDAR, cameras, radar, CUDA, TensorFlow, PyTorch

Responsibilities

Design and implement perception algorithms (sensor fusion, 3D detection, segmentation, tracking); Develop ML models for real-time perception tasks; Lead initiatives to collect, augment, and utilize large-scale datasets; Develop robust testing and validation frameworks; Conduct field tests and simulations; Collaborate with data engineering teams on dataset maintenance and augmentation.

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