Software Engineer - Localization and Mapping
TLDR
Building state-of-the-art mapping pipelines and real-time localization for robots, collaborating with experts across AI, robotics, ML and perception.
Your Role
At Zoox, you’ll collaborate with a team of world-class engineers with diverse backgrounds in areas such as AI, robotics, mechatronics, planning, machine learning, control, localization, computer vision, rendering, simulation, distributed computing, design, and automated testing. You'll learn new technologies while building software that affects the real world. Working at a startup gives you the chance to manifest your creativity and make a big difference in the final product.
Localization and mapping are key components of any robot that moves around in its environment. In this role, you'll help us build state-of-the art mapping pipelines that combine data from a wide variety of sensors, as well as localization algorithms that make use of these maps in realtime. We're looking for an engineer with an advanced degree and experience building mapping and localization systems that work with real data in uncertain environments.
This will be a challenging but extremely rewarding job. If you want to solve hard problems and make incredible software with us, please apply.
Requirements
- Masters degree in computer science or related field
- Fluency in C / C++
- Experience with pose estimation, SLAM, probabilistic filtering, and 3D data
- Extensive experience with programming and algorithm design
- Experience handling large data sets efficiently
- Strong mathematics skills
Bonus points
- PhD in computer science or related degree
- Publications in your field
- Experience with autonomous robots
- Experience with realtime sensor fusion (e.g. IMU, lidar, camera, odometry, radar)
- Knowledge of compute vision techniques and machine learning
- Solid understanding of ROS
Zoox is building fully autonomous vehicles and the ecosystem necessary to scale this technology for urban mobility. By combining robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox is positioned to lead the next generation of mobility-as-a-service, emphasizing both visionary innovation and meticulous execution.