Edge AI Research Scientist — SLAM & 3D Spatial Vision

Zebra-Technologies; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days vacation

Private medical and dental cover

Pension with matched contributions

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Annual bonus potential

Job summary

Zebra Technologies in London seeks an AI Research Scientist specializing in SLAM, VIO and 3D Spatial Perception to join our CTO Group. You’ll prototype algorithms and optimize them to run on edge devices for AR and enterprise vision, collaborating with global teams.

The role combines research with practical on-device deployment, translating papers into real-time pipelines and advancing spatial AI across Zebra’s product roadmap.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with a focus on CV/Spatial AI/Robotics.
• 2+ years of hands-on R&D in SLAM/Spatial tracking systems and VIO.
• Strong 6-DoF pose tracking, sensor fusion, and calibration knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and implement robust VIO and monocular SLAM for edge hardware.
• Develop spatial localisation, ray triangulation, sensor fusion, and plane fitting.
• Translate papers into real-time algorithms and optimise for low latency on NPUs/DSPs/GPUs.
• Collaborate with global teams to integrate models into product roadmaps.

Skills

SLAM research

Spatial AI

C++/Python

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/Robotics/EE

Tools

PyTorch

OpenCV

ROS/GTSAM/Ceres

Ceres Solver

GTSAM

Job description

Zebra Technologies in London seeks an AI Research Scientist specializing in SLAM, VIO and 3D Spatial Perception to join our CTO Group. You’ll prototype algorithms and optimize them to run on edge devices for AR and enterprise vision, collaborating with global teams.

The role combines research with practical on-device deployment, translating papers into real-time pipelines and advancing spatial AI across Zebra’s product roadmap.