Perception Engineer
Path Robotics2 months ago
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end real-time perception pipeline from sensing through extraction, geometry, and control-loop outputs.
- Develop robust measurements from imagery with actively degraded signals and identify perception failures early.
- Perform geometric estimation against known models and assess whether the data supports the resulting estimate.
- Evaluate sensing options, run experiments, and justify instrument choices with quantitative evidence.
- Measure end-to-end latency, tail performance, and physical accuracy on embedded hardware.
- Set technical direction as the perception work grows toward learned methods.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience closing a real-time control loop based on camera perception on physical hardware.
- Deep knowledge of classical computer vision and 3-D geometry, including camera geometry, triangulation, registration, calibration, and error propagation.
- Experience deploying real-time segmentation or feature extraction on degraded imagery.
- Strong production C++ skills and experience with ROS 2.
- Experience with GPU-accelerated inference on embedded hardware under a hard per-frame budget.
- Ability to defend physical accuracy claims using independent measurements, with bias reported separately from repeatability.
Benefits
- Daily free lunch
- Flexible paid time off
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 6 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus an additional 6–8 weeks for birthing parents
- 401(k) retirement plan through Empower
- Employee referral bonuses
About Path Robotics
Path Robotics builds AI-driven robotic welding systems that autonomously plan and execute welds for metal fabrication and industrial manufacturers. The privately held company, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, sells turnkey welding cells and software with support services, and is expanding into naval and defense fabrication compliant with NAVSEA codes.