Robotics Perception & Safety Engineer

Tutorintelligence; Watertown (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tutor is seeking an engineer to build perception and monitoring systems for robots deployed in customer facilities. You will own safety-critical code end to end and collaborate with product teams to ensure safe deployment.

The role focuses on sensors like lidar and cameras, with real-time constraints, and requires experience shipping perception software and understanding stopping distances and latency budgets.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering with real-time constraints.
• Experience shipping perception or monitoring software on robots.
• Exposure to safety standards (ISO 10218, etc.).
• Ability to work across product teams on safety-related features.

Responsibilities

• Build perception and monitoring systems for safety.
• Own safety-critical code end-to-end including tests and failure modes.
• Design safety-relevant decision logic for robot movement.
• Test systems with replay data and fault scenarios.
• Collaborate with multiple product teams.

Skills

Python

C++

Real-time systems

Perception software

Robot safety

Tools

Lidar

Cameras

Sensors

Safety validation

Job description

Tutor is seeking an engineer to build perception and monitoring systems for robots deployed in customer facilities. You will own safety-critical code end to end and collaborate with product teams to ensure safe deployment.

The role focuses on sensors like lidar and cameras, with real-time constraints, and requires experience shipping perception software and understanding stopping distances and latency budgets.