Senior Autonomy Robotics Architect (Perception & Navigation)

Joby Aviation; California (MO); On-site; USD 199,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Joby Aviation is seeking an Autonomy Staff Robotics Software Engineer to design and build the AI robotics software for our Superpilot autonomy stack. You will own, design, and develop solutions for aircraft autonomy involving state estimation, sensor fusion, navigation, perception, and reconstruction.

Collaborate with software engineers and AI experts in computer vision and machine learning, and help advance perception, mapping, and reconstruction across our autonomous aircraft programs.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience in developing software and systems for autonomous vehicles.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and Python.
• Expert knowledge in perception, navigation, state estimation, sensor fusion, and reconstruction.
• Deep understanding of computer vision and machine learning methods.
• Ability to invent and own autonomy software solutions.
• Proven ability to document complex designs, architectures, and roadmaps.
• Champion of software best practices, including rigorous code reviews and mentorship.
• Excellent communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Autonomy Robotics Software Development.
• Design and implement autonomy algorithms for perception and navigation on autonomous aircraft.
• Design and implement core algorithms for state estimation, sensor fusion, localization, and reconstruction.
• Contribute to software engineering work on the autonomy stack involving integration, analysis, and simulation.
• Autonomy Software Solutions.
• Optimize and tune AI perception and navigation algorithms for autonomous aircraft.
• Invent and build advanced sensor modeling and simulation capabilities to support algorithm development, regression testing, and performance evaluation.
• Contribute to autonomy modeling, simulation, and analysis software tooling.
• Autonomy Technical Solutions.
• Invent and prototype new methods for mapping and reconstruction in diverse environments.
• Evaluate and analyze advanced sensing and compute solutions for autonomous aircraft involving cameras, lidars, radars and other sensors and compute hardware
• Collaborate closely with the rest of the Superpilot team to ideate, plan and execute on high-quality, well-integrated solutions and features.
• Monitor system health and performance, proactively addressing issues and providing user support.

Skills

C++

Python

Autonomy algorithms

Perception & navigation

Education

Bachelor degree in CS or Aerospace

Tools

ROS2

DDS

Git

Job description

Joby Aviation is seeking an Autonomy Staff Robotics Software Engineer to design and build the AI robotics software for our Superpilot autonomy stack. You will own, design, and develop solutions for aircraft autonomy involving state estimation, sensor fusion, navigation, perception, and reconstruction.

Collaborate with software engineers and AI experts in computer vision and machine learning, and help advance perception, mapping, and reconstruction across our autonomous aircraft programs.