Staff Embedded Perception Engineer
Core
Design and develop tactile sensing systems and embedded firmware to enable robots to perceive contact, force, and interaction with their environment.
Role type
Staff Embedded Perception Engineer (Tactile Sensing)
Builds
High-bandwidth data acquisition systems, firmware, and sensor integration solutions for robotic manipulation platforms.
Domain
Robotics, Embedded Systems, Tactile Sensing, Signal Processing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Embedded C/C++, Verilog/VHDL, Python, PyTorch, DSP techniques, SPI/I2C/CAN protocols, sensor modeling, bare-metal development
Preferred skills
Hardware-based data collection campaigns, multi-modal sensor integration, EMC/EMI testing, reliability engineering
Technologies
Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Git, PyTorch
Responsibilities
Architect high-performance embedded firmware for sensor data acquisition; design automated data collection routines for ground-truth datasets; characterize sensor behavior under operational loads; develop data processing pipelines for signal filtering and fusion; model sensor performance for sim-to-real integration; debug complex electronics and perform failure analysis.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact