Lead Point Cloud Engineer – Real-Time 3D Perception

Breath HR; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Healthcare cash plan

Employer pension contribution matching

Job summary

Auriga is seeking a Senior Point Cloud Specialist to lead LiDAR and 3D perception development for autonomous systems, delivering real‑time perception pipelines.

You will work under the Head of Engineering to design, implement and optimise point cloud processing, DNN‑based models, and integration with mapping and localisation teams. This role combines hands‑on development with architectural leadership in a growing tech environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in point cloud processing, LiDAR SLAM, 3D geometry, or related roles, with at least 2 years operating in a senior or lead capacity.
• Strong knowledge and experience of DNN based point cloud models for real‑time applications.
• Deep, production‑grade C++ skills with strong Python.
• Expert grasp of point cloud registration, segmentation, surface reconstruction, and large‑scale 3D data structures.
• Strong prototyping skills: comfortable de‑risking new ideas and handing them off cleanly to component‑owning teams.
• Experience within autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, robotics, transportation, surveying/geomatics, or other mission‑critical infrastructure domains.
• Strong publication record, open‑source contributions, or recognised technical work in LiDAR / 3D processing.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the technical roadmap for point‑cloud‑based perception, including classical processing and DNN‑based 3D perception approaches.
• Architect and develop point cloud perception pipelines for object detection, classification, semantic segmentation, instance segmentation, tracking, freespace detection and occupancy estimation.
• Lead development and evaluation of DNN‑based point cloud models such as voxel‑based, pillar‑based, range‑view, BEV, sparse‑convolution and transformer‑based approaches where appropriate.
• Design and optimise real‑time LiDAR and 3D perception systems to meet latency, memory, compute, accuracy and reliability requirements.
• Develop robust point cloud preprocessing and feature extraction methods, including filtering, clustering, ground removal, motion compensation, registration support and coordinate‑frame handling.
• Evaluate and improve perception performance in challenging real‑world conditions, including occlusion, sparse returns, reflective surfaces, adverse weather, dynamic scenes and industrial environments.
• Provide specialist support to mapping and localisation teams on point cloud registration, alignment, map quality, 3D representation and perception‑map interfaces.

Skills

C++

Python

LiDAR SLAM

Point cloud processing

DNN-based 3D perception

Real-time systems

Prototyping

Job description

Auriga is seeking a Senior Point Cloud Specialist to lead LiDAR and 3D perception development for autonomous systems, delivering real‑time perception pipelines.

You will work under the Head of Engineering to design, implement and optimise point cloud processing, DNN‑based models, and integration with mapping and localisation teams. This role combines hands‑on development with architectural leadership in a growing tech environment.