Senior 3D Perception & Localization Engineer

Raise Robotics; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Raise Robotics in New York, NY is seeking a Perception and Localization Engineer to develop real-time mapping, localization, and navigation software for mobility robotic systems. You will work with 3D data, SLAM, and neural representations to maintain a persistent internal state of the world onboard our robots, across diverse sites.

The role requires at least 4 years of experience with localization, mapping, and perception, plus hands-on robotics software experience.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of experience in localization, mapping and perception.
• Strong foundation in SLAM, probabilistic localization and 3D reconstruction.
• Experience with 3D visual data and neural representations such as Gaussian Splats/NeRFs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain real-time mapping, localization, and navigation software for mobility robotic systems.
• Implement 3D scene representations using Gaussian Splats, NeRFs, and related techniques.
• Validate mapping/localization in simulation and real-world testing for high accuracy.
• Develop ML models to estimate depth from cameras and detect obstacles in RGB data.

Skills

Localization & mapping

SLAM

3D perception

Probabilistic localization

Point clouds & meshes

Sensor fusion

State estimation

Robotics software

Real robot systems

Tools

3D Gaussian Splatting

NeRFs

Depth estimation

Job description

Raise Robotics in New York, NY is seeking a Perception and Localization Engineer to develop real-time mapping, localization, and navigation software for mobility robotic systems. You will work with 3D data, SLAM, and neural representations to maintain a persistent internal state of the world onboard our robots, across diverse sites.

The role requires at least 4 years of experience with localization, mapping, and perception, plus hands-on robotics software experience.