Autonomy State-Estimation Software Engineer

Bedrock Robotics Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedrock Robotics Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to develop state-estimation systems for autonomous construction machines.

You’ll fuse GNSS, IMU, lidar, and sensor data to produce reliable real-time estimates used for safe and precise operation in rugged environments. Responsibilities include designing algorithms, building ground-truth estimators, and verifying performance with field data and simulations.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional engineering or applied research in state estimation, localization, navigation, SLAM, or sensor fusion.
• Strong foundations in probabilistic estimation, linear algebra, 3D geometry, and numerical methods.
• Hands‑on experience with GNSS/INS fusion, Kalman filtering, factor graphs, lidar or visual odometry, point‑cloud registration, or sensor calibration.
• Strong production software skills in Rust or modern C++. Our production stack is Rust-first and supports experienced C++ engineers.
• Experience measuring estimator performance using ground truth, recorded data, simulation, and real‑world testing.
• Strong debugging and data‑analysis skills across algorithms, software, sensors, and hardware.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and deploy state‑estimation and localization algorithms for autonomous construction machines.
• Combine GNSS, IMU, lidar, and machine-sensor data into real‑time position, motion, and configuration estimates.
• Improve reliability with sensor monitoring, consistency checks, fault detection, confidence estimates, redundancy, and graceful degradation.
• Handle measurements that arrive late, out of order, intermittently, or not at all.
• Build ground-truth systems, offline reference estimators, metrics, and regression tests to measure performance and reveal failures.
• Work on sensor calibration, clock synchronization, lidar-based estimation, and joint offline estimation.
• Diagnose issues using field data, replayed recordings, and simulation; test improvements on physical machines.
• Collaborate with controls, perception, safety, hardware, and systems teams to improve the complete autonomy stack.

Skills

State estimation

Sensor fusion

Kalman filtering

Probabilistic estimation

3D geometry

Data analysis

Rust

C++

Ground truth data

Debugging

Education

B.S./M.S. in Robotics or CS

Tools

Git

Linux

Factor graphs

Job description

Bedrock Robotics Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to develop state-estimation systems for autonomous construction machines.

You’ll fuse GNSS, IMU, lidar, and sensor data to produce reliable real-time estimates used for safe and precise operation in rugged environments. Responsibilities include designing algorithms, building ground-truth estimators, and verifying performance with field data and simulations.