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Founding Senior Localization Engineer

Theseus

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 150,000

Full time

19 days ago

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Job summary

An innovative firm is on the lookout for a Founding Engineer to revolutionize drone autonomy through advanced visual positioning systems. This pivotal role involves leading the development of cutting-edge visual navigation systems, ensuring high accuracy and performance across fleets of drones. As a founding member, you will have the unique opportunity to shape the future of the company and influence product direction. If you're passionate about robotics and eager to tackle challenging, real-world problems that make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Join a team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of technology in unmanned systems.

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity package
Comprehensive health benefits
Office in San Francisco with easy access

Qualifications

  • 4-6 years of experience with visual robotics sensing, particularly with cameras.
  • Proven experience designing and implementing embedded SLAM architectures.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development and optimization of visual navigation systems for drones.
  • Design and implement embedded software focusing on vision-based robotics.

Skills

Visual Robotics Sensing
Embedded Engineering
System Architecture
SLAM Architectures
VIO Systems
Fleet Management

Job description

Theseus's mission is to push the boundaries of real-world autonomy for unmanned systems. Theseus' Micro VPS (Visual Positioning System) replaces GPS with computer vision for autonomous drone localization in contested environments. We tackle the hardest localization challenges with a focus on low SWaP-C (Size Weight and Power, Cost) enabling rapid retrofitting onto existing airframes. We are solving the key problem that limits autonomy for drones in contested environments.

The role

We are seeking a Founding Engineer with deep expertise in embedded engineering and robotics localization to join our team. If you are passionate about robotics, and are excited to solve cutting edge, time sensitive problems that have a real-world impact, this role is for you.

As a founding engineer, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of Theseus and will grow with the company as we scale. You will have immense ownership over our core product and have a direct hand in how our systems operate, perform, and are deployed.

You Will

  1. Lead the development and optimization of our visual navigation system, ensuring high accuracy and performance across large fleets of drones.
  2. Design, test, and implement embedded software with a focus on vision-based robotics, ensuring they meet cost, SWAP (Size, Weight, and Power), and performance constraints.
  3. Make key decisions around system architecture, balancing execution risk, lead time, and cost to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.
  4. Work closely with vendors and suppliers, managing external relationships to ensure performance of hardware components for your software.
  5. Drive fleet management strategies, overseeing QA for large deployments and proactively addressing issues that arise in the field.

You Have

  1. 4-6 years of experience with visual robotics sensing, particularly with systems that involve cameras.
  2. 4+ years of experience in embedded hardware, including 2+ years working on systems that involve cameras and VIO (Visual Inertial Odometry).
  3. Proven experience designing and implementing embedded SLAM architectures or embedded VIO systems for commercial products.
  4. Demonstrated ability to balance technical trade-offs (SWAP, cost, lead time) and develop solutions that prioritize scalability and cost-efficiency.
  5. Significant individual contributions to a cost-constrained robotics sensing system with hundreds to thousands of units in active use.
  6. Experience managing fleets of robotic systems, leading QA efforts, and working directly with vendors to troubleshoot and ensure system reliability.

Nice to have’s

  1. Experience working with drones or other autonomous aerial vehicles.
  2. Previous experience in a startup environment or building something from the ground up.

Benefits / What we offer

  1. Competitive salary and equity package.
  2. Opportunity to be part of the founding team, with direct influence over product and company direction.
  3. Comprehensive health benefits.
  4. Office in San Francisco with easy CalTrain / I280 access.

At Theseus, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment. We believe that a variety of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences is essential for innovation and success. We encourage people of all identities to apply, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other dimension of diversity. If you are energized by solving hard problems that impact geopolitics, this is for you.

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