10 months ago
Base Salary
$200k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and evolution of localization architecture, including build-versus-buy decisions and long-term technical roadmaps.
- Design and implement real-time sensor-fusion, visual/LiDAR odometry, and global-localization algorithms using factor graphs, EKF/UKF, and particle filters.
- Develop pipelines to generate, maintain, query, and continuously update large-scale LiDAR-based HD maps.
- Build priors-based localization, semantic map matching, and map-change detection systems using fleet data.
- Optimize localization code for embedded latency, memory, and power constraints while maintaining safety and accuracy.
- Provide self-diagnosis capabilities for localization systems.
- Mentor engineers and conduct rigorous code reviews.
Requirements
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of industry experience in robotics, including at least 4 years dedicated to production-level localization or mapping systems.
- Expert-level Modern C++ skills, including C++14, C++17, or C++20, memory management, multithreading, and real-time systems.
- Strong knowledge of probabilistic robotics, Kalman filtering, nonlinear optimization, and SLAM.
- Deep understanding of 3D geometry, linear algebra, and coordinate transformations, including quaternions and SE(3).
- Familiarity with Eigen, Ceres, PCL, OpenCV, and GTSAM.
- Preferred: experience shipping localization stacks for deployed 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 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.