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Principle Engineer, 3D Reconstruction

Sunnyvale, California USA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-19 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead the development of an offline 3D reconstruction system that builds high-quality 3D world geometry from vehicle sensor data in dynamic scenes.

Role type

Principal Engineer, 3D Reconstruction

Builds

Offline 3D geometric reconstructions and best-estimate ego motion from heterogeneous vehicle platforms and sensor suites

Domain

Autonomous vehicles, robotics, sensor fusion, mapping

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

SLAM, 3D reconstruction, mapping, state estimation, lidar-based reconstruction, point-cloud registration, pose estimation, C++, Python, nonlinear optimization (pose graph optimization, factor graphs, bundle adjustment, ICP), sensor calibration, timing synchronization

Preferred skills

MS/PhD in Robotics/CS/State Estimation, GNSS/INS fusion, sensor-based odometry, modern machine learning for 3D reconstruction, foundation models, learned 3D representations, ROS, PCL, OpenCV, CUDA, ML data enrichment, autolabelling, validation-data generation

Technologies

C++, Python, ROS, PCL, OpenCV, CUDA

Responsibilities

Define technical architecture and roadmap for offline 3D reconstruction system; Lead development of MVPs to unblock high-priority internal use cases; Establish core technical interfaces, output representations, and tools; Partner with calibration, sensor fusion, perception, data, infrastructure, and validation teams; Set technical standards for reconstruction quality, failure analysis, uncertainty measurement, and dataset suitability; Mentor engineers contributing to the 3D reconstruction effort

Seniority

Principal, technical leadership & strategy

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