Senior Visual Localization Engineer for Autonomous Systems

Halian; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineer to lead development of advanced visual localization for autonomous driving and robotics. The role focuses on designing robust map-based localization systems enabling precise vehicle positioning in complex urban environments.

You will collaborate with perception, navigation, and control teams to deliver accurate localization capabilities, leveraging HD maps (Lanelet2/OpenDRIVE), BEV representations, and cutting-edge optimization and learning methods.

Qualifications

• Experience with map-based localization using HD maps such as Lanelet2 or OpenDRIVE.
• Background in differentiable optimization and neural pose estimation.
• Proficiency in non-linear optimization and state estimation (Ceres, g2o, GTSAM).
• Strong understanding of Bayesian filtering and autonomous navigation systems.

Responsibilities

• Design algorithms to align live semantic detections with HD map layers (Lanelet2/OpenDRIVE).
• Develop localization modules using BEV representations for pose estimation.
• Implement differentiable pose solvers and neural matching approaches.
• Design and develop camera-based SLAM and Visual-Inertial Odometry for urban environments.
• Integrate localization with navigation, planning, and vehicle control systems.
• Collaborate with perception, navigation, and control teams for deployment in autonomous systems.
• Research and implement state-of-the-art visual localization, mapping, state estimation, and ML techniques.
• Contribute to software architecture, performance, scalability, and reliability improvements.

Skills

Map-based localization

C++17/20

Python

Lie groups

ROS 2

Linux development

State estimation

Non-linear optimization

Bayesian filtering

Neural pose estimation

BEV representations

Education

Master's or PhD in Robotics/CS/CE/EE

Tools

PyTorch

PyPose

Theseus

Ceres

g2o

GTSAM

ROS 2

Job description

Halian is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineer to lead development of advanced visual localization for autonomous driving and robotics. The role focuses on designing robust map-based localization systems enabling precise vehicle positioning in complex urban environments.

You will collaborate with perception, navigation, and control teams to deliver accurate localization capabilities, leveraging HD maps (Lanelet2/OpenDRIVE), BEV representations, and cutting-edge optimization and learning methods.