Geospatial 3D Vision Research Engineer

Niantic Spatial, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Niantic Spatial, Inc. in London seeks a Research Engineer to advance Geospatial Visual Localization—enabling people and robots to locate themselves globally. You will work with 3D vision, ML research, and large multi-modal datasets, culminating in production-ready systems.

You will publish research at leading venues and collaborate across research and engineering teams to deliver high-impact solutions for real-world spatial reasoning in dynamic environments.

Qualifications

• Strong grounding in 3D computer vision, deep learning, robotics, photogrammetry, or a closely related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evaluate novel visual localization algorithms, combining 3D vision and deep learning.
• Train large models on multi-modal data at scale, and build benchmarks for accuracy and robustness.
• Develop robust solutions for real-world conditions: GPS-denied, changing appearance, varying capture quality.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineering teams to turn research into end-to-end production solutions.
• Communicate results through technical writing, reviews, and publications.

Skills

3D computer vision

Deep learning

Robotics

Photogrammetry

Geospatial data

Education

PhD in computer vision, robotics, or ML

Tools

PyTorch

NumPy

SciPy

Job description

Niantic Spatial, Inc. in London seeks a Research Engineer to advance Geospatial Visual Localization—enabling people and robots to locate themselves globally. You will work with 3D vision, ML research, and large multi-modal datasets, culminating in production-ready systems.

You will publish research at leading venues and collaborate across research and engineering teams to deliver high-impact solutions for real-world spatial reasoning in dynamic environments.