Senior Computer Vision Engineer, Embodied AI
Niantic Spatial5 hours ago
Base Salary
$230k - $255k/yr
Responsibilities
- Productionize computer-vision and 3D reconstruction research prototypes into reliable pipeline components and services.
- Own the geometric coherence, scale, alignment, and downstream usability of reconstructed environments and spatial artifacts.
- Diagnose real-world failures involving capture quality, scene complexity, calibration, coordinate conventions, and related assumptions.
- Profile and optimize GPU and distributed workloads for performance, throughput, latency, and cost.
- Build datasets, regression tests, quality gates, benchmarking tools, and other evaluation infrastructure.
- Incorporate production and customer constraints into research planning and partner with embodied AI teams on delivery.
- Define representations, tooling, and operational interfaces that move reconstructed environments into customer applications and workflows.
Requirements
- Significant experience building and operating production computer-vision, machine-learning, graphics, or data-processing systems.
- Hands-on experience with 3D reconstruction, photogrammetry, structure from motion, SLAM, mapping, scene understanding, computer graphics, or a related field.
- Experience delivering reliable computer-vision or 3D systems used by other teams or customers.
- Practical command of geometry, camera models, coordinate frames, calibration, and metric scale.
- Strong Python skills and the ability to work in C++ or other performance-oriented environments.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, GPU workloads, distributed processing, or large-scale data pipelines.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
- Preferred experience with Gaussian splatting, neural rendering, meshing, perception or reconstruction evaluation infrastructure, robotics, simulation, embodied AI, or large-scale GPU optimization.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $229,500 to $255,000 per year, plus an annual bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and other benefits are provided.
- Based in the San Francisco office with three days per week in office.
About Niantic Spatial
Niantic Spatial builds computer‑vision and spatial computing software that maps real‑world environments and localizes people and machines within them. The company offers a platform with APIs and SDKs for creating AI‑native digital twins, visual positioning, and spatial question‑answering, serving robotics, AR/VR, defense, and industrial operations. Privately held, it sells its technology to enterprises that need precise, geometrically accurate understanding of physical spaces beyond GPS or screen‑bound systems.