Perception Engineer – Equity & Relocation Support

Saildrone; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 323,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Health coverage

Equity grants

401(k) plan

Professional development reimbursement

Relocation support

Job summary

Saildrone is seeking a Perception Engineer in Alameda, CA, to build and deploy perception and estimation capabilities for autonomous surface vehicles. You will work on perception algorithms, sensor fusion, production C++, and real-world testing across perception components.

You will analyze real sensor data, diagnose failures, and validate perception features on actual vehicles, contributing to system architecture and reliability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on C++ development skills.
• Experience developing perception, computer vision, localization, state estimation, sensor fusion, or related robotics systems.
• Strong understanding of robotics and the mathematics underlying perception and estimation.
• Experience working with real sensor data and physical systems.
• Experience integrating, configuring, and calibrating sensor systems.
• Experience debugging and benchmarking integrated robotics or autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop perception, localization, state-estimation, multi object tracking, and sensor-fusion algorithms for autonomous vehicles.
• Process camera, radar, and similar sensor data to produce reliable estimates of the vehicle and its environment.
• Implement, test, and optimize production perception software in C++.
• Analyze real-world data and vehicle behavior to diagnose failures and improve robustness.
• Integrate perception capabilities with the broader autonomy stack and validate them on real vehicles.
• Contribute to perception architecture and system design.

Skills

C++ development

Perception systems

Robotics fundamentals

Sensor data

Sensor integration

Debugging robotics

Job description

Saildrone is seeking a Perception Engineer in Alameda, CA, to build and deploy perception and estimation capabilities for autonomous surface vehicles. You will work on perception algorithms, sensor fusion, production C++, and real-world testing across perception components.

You will analyze real sensor data, diagnose failures, and validate perception features on actual vehicles, contributing to system architecture and reliability.