Robotic Perception Technical Lead

Salary Range: 155000 to 180000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

What You’ll Accomplish:

• Lead complex perception projects and make key architectural decisions to tackle unsolved 3D object detection problems.
• Lead and participate in the implementation and validation of designed solutions.
• Collaborate with other robotics autonomy teams to design pragmatic, holistic solutions that integrate into our broader hardware and software systems.
• Act as a mentor and subject-matter expert to grow the team’s collective technical prowess.

Who You Are:

• Experienced in delivering perception solutions, starting from state-of-the-art surveying and prototyping to integrating and deploying.
• Proven experience leading complex software projects and making key architectural decisions.
• Deep theoretical and practical understanding of 3D computer vision, including geometric computer vision and deep learning.
• Extensive experience with perception sensors such as stereo cameras.
• Highly proficient with Python and prior experience with at least one compiled language among C, C++ and Rust.
• Ideally, proficient with robotics middleware (e.g., ROS/ROS2) and general GPU programming (CUDA).
• You are eager to design, collaborate on, and deliver pragmatic solutions to technical challenges.
• 5+ years of experience (inc. PhD) working on robotics software or a closely related discipline. 
• A 2+ year track record of successfully owning and delivering complex, high-impact perception projects.
• A bachelor's (pref. Master's/PhD) in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Robotics, or related technical field.
• Strong verbal and communication skills.
• Experienced with robotics systems, GNU/Linux, and modern software development practices.
• Willing and able to work from our Charlestown, MA office at least three days per week.