Staff Autonomy Software Engineer, Localization
- Countries
- USA
- Job Types
- software & tech
- Experience
- expert
- Organization Types
- robotics, startups, logistics & supply chain, transportation & mobility
- Location
- Mountain View
- Posted Date
- Company
- Kodiak Robotics
- Salary
- USD200,000.0 - USD260,000.0 annually
AI Summary
Job Description
Lead the design and development of advanced sensor fusion and pose estimation systems using IMU, camera, and lidar sensors. Drive the direction of visual and lidar odometry algorithms, and define navigation metrics for evaluating algorithm and system performance. Serve as a technical escalation point for complex localization problems and evaluate sensor performance.
Hard Requirements
- BS, MS or PhD with academic or industry experience in building navigation, localization, and odometry systems.
- Expert in C++ and strong problem-solving skills.
- Strong software engineering skills and experience building high-reliability deployed applications.
- Deep experience transforming raw sensor data into 6-DOF pose using Kalman Filtering, factor graphs, or comparable state estimation techniques.
- Experience with computer vision, visual odometry, and/or odometry from point clouds.
Soft Requirements
- A history of mentoring engineers and elevating the technical practices of a team.
- Team player, takes ownership, and works with the team to deliver exceptional results.
- Interested in the performance of the entire system across engineering disciplines.
- Ability to build and iterate quickly, comfortable defining and building lasting infrastructure components from scratch.
- Hands on, curious, flexible, and interested in new domains.
- Great communicator, experienced in writing clear, concise design documentation.