Principal Robotics Perception Engineer, Autonomous Factory

Hadrian; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life

401k

Relocation support

Flexible vacation

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian in San Francisco is seeking a senior Perception Architect to lead our Autonomous Factory Systems perception team. You will define the technical roadmap, shape the architecture for 3D vision, and drive the integration with motion planning, control, and simulation to enable reliable industrial robotics on the factory floor.

You bring 10+ years in computer vision or robotics perception, deep expertise in 3D perception and sensor fusion, and strong production-quality C++/Python coding.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering for computer vision or autonomous systems.
• Experience leading Staff/Principal level teams or equivalent.
• Strong background in 3D perception and sensor fusion.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year technical roadmap for the Perception Team.
• Lead architecture of the perception pipeline: object detection, segmentation, 6-DoF pose estimation, scene understanding.
• Define integration surface between perception and motion planning, control, and simulation.
• Drive sensor fusion strategy across LiDAR, structured light, RGB, and depth cameras.
• Establish data collection, labeling, training, evaluation, and deployment practices.
• Mentor engineers and assess candidates; raise team caliber over time.
• Represent perception in cross-functional design reviews and collaborate with hardware vendors.
• Stay current with state-of-the-art research and judiciously incorporate advances into production.

Skills

C++

Python

3D computer vision

Robotics perception

System architecture

Technical leadership

Hiring & mentoring

Education

MS in CS/Robotics

PhD in CS/Robotics (preferred)

Tools

TensorRT

LiDAR processing

Job description

Hadrian in San Francisco is seeking a senior Perception Architect to lead our Autonomous Factory Systems perception team. You will define the technical roadmap, shape the architecture for 3D vision, and drive the integration with motion planning, control, and simulation to enable reliable industrial robotics on the factory floor.

You bring 10+ years in computer vision or robotics perception, deep expertise in 3D perception and sensor fusion, and strong production-quality C++/Python coding.