Senior Staff Perception Engineer

Posted 5 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
Senior level
Robotics
The Role
You will mentor a team of engineers in developing object detection strategies for humanoid robots. Responsibilities include architecting perception modules, collaborating across functions, ensuring high-quality software releases, and improving team capabilities through hiring and onboarding.
Summary Generated by Built In

Agility Robotics is a pioneer. Our robot, Digit, is the first to be sold into workplaces across the globe. Our team is differentiated by its expertise in imagining, engineering, and delivering robots with advanced mobility, dexterity, intelligence, and efficiency -- robots specifically designed to work alongside people, in spaces built for people. Every day, we break through engineering challenges and invent new solutions and capabilities that will one day make robots commonplace and approachable. This work is our passion and our responsibility: our mission is to make businesses more productive and people’s lives more fulfilling.

About The Work

  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of 6-8 software engineers
  • Architect high level object detection strategies for multi-purpose humanoid object detection
  • Stay up to date with cutting edge research in the fields of perception and machine learning
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams, including controls, manipulation, hardware design, and application engineering, to create multi-purpose perception modules
  • Drive best practices for development, review, testing, and deployment that will ensure high-quality releases to production
  • Grow the team by sourcing, hiring, and onboarding highly talented and passionate engineers

About You

  • At least 6 years of industry experience developing/deploying object detection algorithms on mobile robots with at least 2 years of experience managing a team of 5 or more engineers
  • 2+ years of experience developing, training, and deploying advanced machine-learning models for object segmentation, classification, and tracking. Models you trained have been deployed on mobile robots or were the focus of an academic publication. 
  • Strong proficiency in related technical areas such as (but not limited to) deep convolutional neural networks and supervised learning
  • Strong mathematical fundamentals in 3D geometry, linear algebra, probability theory, and numerical optimization
  • Experience with multi-modal sensor fusion, multi object tracking, and pose estimation
  • Familiarity with common computer vision and machine learning libraries such as (but not limited to) PyTorch, OpenCV, etc.
  • Strong software experience in modern C++ and Python with a history of delivering production quality code that is observable and extensible 
  • Experience with MLOps such as (but not limited to) data annotation services, data storage, model evaluation tools, and model deployment. 
  • Ability to communicate technical information effectively both orally and in writing with other team members
  • Experience in hiring diverse teams, creating an inclusive environment and retaining top talent
  • Experience solving difficult open ended problems that are on the line between research and engineering
  • Exposure to standard agile and software development processes (issue tracking tools (Jira), feature branching, version control (Git), continuous integration and deployment)
  • Authorization to work in the USA

Bonus Points

  • Experience working with various sensing technologies (monocular cameras, stereo cameras, lidar, etc.)
  • Experience with GPU Programming (eg. CUDA, OpenGL)
  • Experience with semi-supervised/unsupervised learning
  • Familiarity with SLAM/latest mapping techniques
  • Experience working with humanoid (or similar) robots. 
  • Experience with perception for mobile manipulators
  • Publications in your field (CVPR, RSS, ICCV, ECCV, IRCA, IROS preferred)

Benefits 

  • Competitive Compensation Package
  • 100% Company Paid Disability, Life, Health, Dental & Vision Insurance (for AR employees)
  • Employer Matched Retirement Plan
  • Five Weeks of Paid Time Off Annually
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Employee Referral Bonus Program
  • Relocation Assistance (for certain roles)
  • Stock Options (for certain roles)
  • A culture that encourages flexible work schedules
  • A culture that embraces individuality and authenticity

Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.


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Top Skills

C++
Python
The Company
HQ: Tangent, OR
83 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Agility Robotic's legged locomotion expertise is built on a history of academic research and scientific breakthrough. We're here to build robots for good. Robots that help businesses and people thrive.

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