Senior Perception Engineer

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At Onward Robotics, we are a bold, gritty, and purposeful team with an ambitious mission to revolutionize fulfillment. Our team is driven by a client-first mentality: we aim to solve hard problems and fuel our clients’ growth with innovation. We are seeking talented individuals who will have a huge impact on both our business and our team. Join us on our mission as we move fast, think big, and have fun!

About Us

Onward Robotics delivers innovative automation technology that coordinates humans and robots as a cohesive system to revolutionize fulfillment. Our Meet Me solution combines proprietary software with person-to-goods mobile robots to increase efficiency in warehousing, distribution, and e-commerce operations. Onward Robotics provides the boost in productivity, flexibility, and speed that companies need to remain competitive and grow. Learn more at onwardrobotics.com.

Job Summary

As a Senior Perception Engineer in our Robot Software Department, you will work on algorithms and systems used for mapping, planning and localization, free space estimation, object detection and classification, and sensor calibration.

As a core team member, you will be responsible for taking responsibility for individual subsystems or features in our perception pipeline during a particular stage of development and following it through to the next.

Design of algorithms robust to sensor and actuation uncertainty, not just the use of existing algorithms and packages. This should include implementation on real-world hardware and embedded systems

Testing, specifying, and integrating sensors while also developing system calibration and training purposes

Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a startup environment

Required Skills

C/C++ programming experience

CUDA programming experience

Requirements-driven development

Minimum Experience Requirements

5+ years of perception experience

Understanding of sensor models and calibration methods

Experience with geometry-based Computer Vision approaches such as Structure from Motion, Stereo Vision, SLAM, Visual Odometry

Experience with point cloud-based detection and classification algorithms such as free space detection and obstacle detection

C/C++ programming experience

Preferred Experience Requirements

Experience writing custom CUDA kernels

Prototyping real-time applications on embedded hardware

Experience with software configuration management systems (git, SVM, etc.)

Experience working with autonomous robots

Experience with commercial software deployment and support Algorithm lifecycle development from requirements through QA and field release

Minimum Education Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Preferred Education Requirements

Master’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

PhD. in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field