Robotics Perception Engineer I/II – Perception Systems & Integration
Zone 5 Technologies4 months ago
San Luis Obispo, CA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
Base Salary
$110k - $145k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain camera drivers and sensor interfaces for multi-camera embedded platforms.
- Integrate perception algorithms into production autonomy stacks and build image-processing pipelines using GStreamer, V4L2, and Jetson multimedia APIs.
- Implement camera calibration, synchronization, data logging, telemetry, and perception health-monitoring systems.
- Build ROS2 nodes, standardized message interfaces, APIs, visualization tools, and high-bandwidth sensor data transport.
- Integrate VIO and SLAM libraries, tune EKF/UKF filters, implement outlier rejection and sensor-health monitoring, and optimize parameters using flight-test data.
- Design simulation scenarios, automated regression tests, and hardware-in-the-loop test setups; analyze flight logs and support flight-test operations.
Requirements
- 2–4+ years of experience in robotics perception, computer vision, or sensor integration.
- Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with equivalent industry experience also accepted.
- Proficiency in C++14/17 and modern software development practices.
- Hands-on experience with ROS2 architecture, packages, and development workflows.
- Understanding of camera systems, image sensors, computer vision, sensor calibration, and multi-sensor time synchronization.
- Familiarity with Linux development environments, embedded systems, and system-level integration debugging.
- Preferred qualifications include camera-driver development, GStreamer, V4L2, NVIDIA Jetson platforms, UAVs or mobile robotics, PX4, ArduPilot, MAVLink, state estimation, VIO/SLAM frameworks, Python, real-time systems, performance optimization, robotics CI/CD, sensor fusion, optical flow, and feature-based tracking.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and other benefit options.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Three weeks of paid time off annually, 40 hours of sick time, and 12 company holidays.
- Competitive total compensation, professional development, and career advancement opportunities.
- The role requires employment eligibility verification in the United States; the company participates in E-Verify.