Robotics Perception Engineer — Humanoid Autonomy

Neura Market; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Figure, an AI robotics company based in San Jose, CA, seeks a Perception Engineer to advance humanoid autonomy. The role emphasizes building perception systems, localization, and visuomotor policies for real-world tasks.

You will own the end-to-end lifecycle from ideation to deployment, partnering across teams to deliver production-grade software with a focus on performance and reliability in dynamic environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in production-level software and ML engineering practices.
• Strong foundation in probability, optimization, and linear algebra.
• Domain expertise in 3D vision, VIO/SLAM, VLM or diffusion models.
• Proficiency with geometric vision concepts and epipolar geometry.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with creative problem-solving.
• Passion for advancing humanoid robotics.

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.

Skills

ML engineering

Computer vision

3D Vision

VIO/SLAM

Diffusion models

CUDA programming

Job description

Figure, an AI robotics company based in San Jose, CA, seeks a Perception Engineer to advance humanoid autonomy. The role emphasizes building perception systems, localization, and visuomotor policies for real-world tasks.

You will own the end-to-end lifecycle from ideation to deployment, partnering across teams to deliver production-grade software with a focus on performance and reliability in dynamic environments.