Senior Perception Software Engineer — Robotics & LiDAR

Pickle Robot Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Unlimited vacation

Paid federal and state holidays

401(k) contributions 5%

Company-covered travel expenses

Job summary

Pickle Robot Company is seeking a Senior Perception Software Engineer to advance perception for our warehousing robots. You will work on localization, mapping, and sensor fusion using 3D LiDAR, IMUs, and cameras, writing production-grade software in Python and C++. This is an on-site role at our HQ.

You will build robust perception stacks, optimize real-time processing, and align sensor data with machine learning outputs to enable safe, efficient autonomous operations in dynamic environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of robotics software engineering or an MS with 3+ years in industry.
• Strong production-grade software fundamentals in Python and C++.
• Solid background in linear algebra, geometry, and probabilistic robotics.
• Hands-on experience with perception stacks (ROS/ROS2, OpenCV, Open3D).
• Experience with 3D LiDARs, IMUs, and cameras.

Responsibilities

• Drive the accuracy of localization and state estimation pipelines for the robot.
• Develop obstacle mapping for collision avoidance in messy environments.
• Implement and optimize real-time point cloud processing algorithms.
• Integrate perception outputs with ML models into production codebase.
• Improve multi-sensor calibration routines and ensure spatial alignment.

Skills

Robotics software

Python

C++

Mathematics

Perception stacks

Education

MS in related field

Tools

ROS/ROS2

OpenCV

Open3D

Eigen

Git

Job description

Pickle Robot Company is seeking a Senior Perception Software Engineer to advance perception for our warehousing robots. You will work on localization, mapping, and sensor fusion using 3D LiDAR, IMUs, and cameras, writing production-grade software in Python and C++. This is an on-site role at our HQ.

You will build robust perception stacks, optimize real-time processing, and align sensor data with machine learning outputs to enable safe, efficient autonomous operations in dynamic environments.