Staff Robotics Engineer, 3D Sensing
Core
Lead technical development of LiDAR and cross-sensor 3D sensing capabilities, including calibration, synchronization, and alignment for perception and reconstruction.
Role type
Staff individual-contributor robotics engineer (3D sensing)
Builds
Robust 3D sensing systems for autonomous vehicles
Domain
Autonomous driving / Robotics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
LiDAR and camera sensor calibration, 3D geometry and state estimation, nonlinear least-squares optimization, factor graphs, motion compensation, C++ and Python software engineering, evaluation methodology design
Preferred skills
LiDAR odometry and SLAM, metric-depth foundation models, learned feature correspondences, Gaussian splatting, dynamic scene handling, optimization libraries (GTSAM, Ceres Solver, g2o)
Technologies
LiDAR, cameras, C++, Python, GTSAM, Ceres Solver, g2o
Responsibilities
Define and evolve technical architecture and roadmap for 3D sensing; Develop target-based and targetless LiDAR calibration and registration methods; Develop robust temporal alignment and motion compensation methods; Establish evaluation methodologies and productionize scalable 3D sensing systems; Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
