Founding Robotics Perception Software Engineer

Kovari; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kovari in San Francisco is seeking a passionate individual to own the perception stack for robotic systems. You will engage in high-reliability policy development and optimization in variable real-world environments.

The ideal candidate has experience with deploying robot policies, multimodal inputs, and real-time inference on edge hardware. This role demands dedication and commitment, as we aim to achieve challenging goals together.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying robot policies on hardware, including model-based, reinforcement, or imitation learning.
• Strong background in sim-to-real robotics and multimodal sensor data.
• Ability to optimize policies for real-time inference on edge hardware.

Responsibilities

• Own Kovari's perception stack from raw data to actionable representations.
• Research and develop high-reliability manipulation policies.
• Deep debug failure modes in policy field deployments.
• Optimize policies for real-time inference on edge hardware.

Skills

Experience deploying robot policies on hardware

Building policies with multimodal inputs

CUDA kernel optimization

Deep optimization for constrained edge devices

Contributions at robotics/ML conferences

Job description

Kovari in San Francisco is seeking a passionate individual to own the perception stack for robotic systems. You will engage in high-reliability policy development and optimization in variable real-world environments.

The ideal candidate has experience with deploying robot policies, multimodal inputs, and real-time inference on edge hardware. This role demands dedication and commitment, as we aim to achieve challenging goals together.