Helix AI Engineer, Perception

Figure; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Figure, a San Jose-based AI robotics company, seeks a Perception Engineer to advance our humanoid autonomy stack. This full-time role focuses on developing perception systems, including onboard vision, localization, and visuomotor policies for real-world operation.

You will own the end-to-end product lifecycle from ideation to deployment, delivering robust software and collaborating across software, hardware, and data teams to push production-grade solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in production-level software and ML engineering best practices.
• Strong foundation in probability, optimization, and linear algebra.
• Domain expertise in 3D Vision, VIO/SLAM or Vision-Language Models.
• Understanding of geometric computer vision concepts and epipolar geometry.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and solve complex problems.
• Passion for advancing humanoid robotics.

Responsibilities

• Develop perception systems including onboard CV, localization, visuomotor policies, and data annotation.
• Own the end-to-end product life cycle from ideation to deployment.
• Deliver high-quality, reliable software solutions for real-world applications.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to evolve and optimize the autonomy stack.

Tools

CUDA programming

Spark

Ray

Job description

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 03, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build. Figure’s vision is to deploy autonomous humanoids at a global scale. Our Helix team is looking for Perception Engineers to empower Figure humanoid robots to perform highly dynamic operations in demanding real-world environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop perception systems including onboard computer vision, localization, visuomotor policies, and offline data annotation.
• Own the end-to-end product life cycle from initial ideation to deployment.
• Deliver high-quality, reliable software solutions for real-world application.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to evolve and optimize our autonomy stack.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in production-level software and ML engineering best practices.
• Strong mathematical foundation in probability, optimization, and linear algebra.
• Domain expertise in at least one of the following areas: 3D Vision, VIO / SLAM, Vision-Language Model (VLM), Diffusion Models.
• Proficiency with geometric computer vision concepts, including perspective transformation, the pinhole camera model, and epipolar geometry.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment that demands exploration and creative problem-solving.
• Passion for advancing humanoid robotics.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with CUDA programming and real-time systems performance optimization.
• Familiarity with scalable data engineering toolchains like Spark and Ray.
• Strong publication record in a relevant field.
• Proven success in developing and deploying production-grade systems.

The US

base

salary range for this full-time position is between $200,000 - $350,000The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.