3 months ago
Base Salary
$200k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and evolution of localization architecture, including build-versus-buy decisions and long-term technical roadmaps.
- Develop real-time sensor-fusion, visual/LiDAR odometry, global-localization, and self-diagnosis algorithms.
- Build pipelines to generate, maintain, query, and continuously update large-scale LiDAR-based HD maps.
- Design semantic map matching and change-detection systems that identify construction zones, lane shifts, and new signage from fleet data.
- Optimize localization software for embedded latency, memory, power, safety, and accuracy constraints.
- Mentor senior and junior engineers and conduct rigorous code reviews.
Requirements
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of industry experience in robotics, including at least 4 years working on production-level localization or mapping systems.
- Expert-level Modern C++14/17/20 skills with strong knowledge of memory management, multithreading, and real-time systems.
- Strong theoretical foundation in probabilistic robotics, Kalman filtering, nonlinear optimization, SLAM, 3D geometry, linear algebra, and coordinate transformations.
- Experience or familiarity with Eigen, Ceres, PCL, OpenCV, and GTSAM.
- Preferred: experience shipping localization stacks for autonomous vehicles or mobile robots.
- Preferred: hands-on experience with LOAM, lego-LOAM, ORB-SLAM, or VINS.
- Preferred: CUDA/GPU programming or optimization for ARM-based embedded platforms.
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary and benefits package, including a 401(k) plan.
- Catered free lunch, unlimited snacks, and beverages.
- Opportunities for personal and professional development in a future-oriented technology field.
About PlusAI
PlusAI develops AI-based virtual driver software that enables factory-built autonomous trucks for commercial freight operators. The company licenses its autonomy stack to truck OEMs and logistics partners; collaborators include TRATON’s Scania and MAN, Navistar’s International, Hyundai Motor Company, Iveco Group, Bosch, and DSV. Headquartered in Santa Clara with operations in the U.S. and Europe, PlusAI is privately held and in 2025 announced a planned public listing via a merger with Churchill Capital Corp IX.