Robotics Software Engineer, Perception
Hadrian AutomationBase Salary
$240k - $299k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the Perception team’s multi-year technical roadmap in alignment with the broader Autonomous Factory Systems strategy.
- Lead architecture for perception pipelines covering object detection and tracking, semantic and instance segmentation, 6-DoF pose estimation, and scene understanding.
- Define integration contracts between perception and motion planning, manipulation, control, and simulation systems.
- Drive sensor-fusion strategy across LiDAR, structured light, RGB, and depth cameras, including collaboration on sensor selection and calibration.
- Establish data collection, labeling, model training, evaluation, deployment, and validation practices for simulation and real-world environments.
- Raise the technical bar through hiring, technical interviews, and mentorship across engineering levels.
- Represent perception in cross-functional design reviews and planning, and engage with hardware vendors and research collaborators.
- Evaluate state-of-the-art research and decide how to incorporate relevant advances into production systems.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience in computer vision, robotics perception, or autonomous systems, with technical leadership at Staff or Principal level or equivalent scope.
- Expertise in 3D computer vision, including point cloud processing, depth estimation, stereo and structured-light systems, multi-view geometry, and/or LiDAR-based algorithms in production.
- Strong machine learning foundations spanning model architecture, training infrastructure, and production deployment.
- Experience with manufacturing, logistics, or applied robotics environments and their reliability and safety constraints.
- Experience building and deploying real-time perception systems under strict latency and reliability constraints.
- Strong proficiency in C++ and Python, with a record of production-quality code and rigorous technical reviews.
- Ability to define architecture, make and communicate high-stakes technical decisions, and build alignment across teams.
- Experience contributing to technical hiring, including defining requirements and evaluating candidates.
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field with a concentration in computer vision, machine learning, or perception is a preferred qualification.
- Hands-on sensor fusion experience involving multimodal calibration, temporal alignment, and uncertainty quantification is preferred.
- Familiarity with edge-deployment optimization such as quantization, distillation, and TensorRT is preferred.
- Publications, patents, or significant open-source contributions in computer vision, robotics perception, or machine learning are preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans are available for full-time employees.
- 401(k) is available.
- Relocation support may be provided in certain situations based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy.
- Equity.
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, protected-individual status, or eligibility for required authorizations may be required to comply with ITAR regulations.
About Hadrian Automation
Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x cheaper. By combining advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we are reinventing how America produces its most critical parts. We recently raised $260 million dollar Series C to accelerate this mission. We are excited to be launching a new Factory in Mesa, Arizona, a 270,000 square foot facility that will create 350 new jobs immediately. We are opening a new headquarters to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to serve naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts. Hadrian works with startups, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, and major defense contractors across space, shipbuilding, and aviation to scale production, reduce costs, and accelerate delivery on mission-critical programs. We are backed by leading investors including Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz. Our fast-growing team is united by a shared mission to reindustrialize American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond! Check out open career opportunities using the link below: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hadrian-automation