Autonomy SLAM Engineer - Visual Positioning for Drones

theseus-us; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Theseus is seeking a Localization Software Engineer in San Francisco to advance the core autonomy stack for visual positioning on drones. You will design localization algorithms that improve accuracy and reliability, and build tooling to accelerate model development across sensors and onboard compute.

You will also contribute to architectural decisions and test your work in real-world conditions, tackling challenging robotics problems on edge hardware.

Qualifications

• Experience with SLAM/VIO and localization in robotics.
• Demonstrated ownership: built, deployed, and tested real systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and iterate on visual localization algorithms.
• Build tooling and data pipelines for model development.
• Contribute to architecture decisions across the localization stack.
• Test, debug, and iterate in real-world conditions.

Skills

SLAM & VIO

Localization & sensor fusion

Robotics ownership

Python & C++

Job description

Theseus is seeking a Localization Software Engineer in San Francisco to advance the core autonomy stack for visual positioning on drones. You will design localization algorithms that improve accuracy and reliability, and build tooling to accelerate model development across sensors and onboard compute.

You will also contribute to architectural decisions and test your work in real-world conditions, tackling challenging robotics problems on edge hardware.