Senior Robot Perception & Localization Architect

Edison Smart®; Chicago (IL); In loco; USD 162.000 - 198.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Visa sponsorship

Relocation support

Equity

Direct access to robots and sensors

Descrizione del lavoro

Edison Smart® in the Chicago area is seeking a Senior Perception & Localization Engineer to own how robots sense and understand the world. You’ll lead sensor strategy and data pipelines, calibrations, and fusion across real deployments, while mentoring a small team and delivering production-grade code weekly.

The role emphasizes robust state estimation on real hardware, with visa sponsorship and relocation support. Equity is offered as part of a competitive package.

Competenze

• 5+ years building perception, localisation or sensor fusion for robots or autonomous systems in real deployments.
• Hands-on calibration and fusion across cameras, lidar, IMU, GNSS.
• Strong C++ and Python development with ROS2 and Linux.

Mansioni

• Define sensor suite per robot platform: cameras, lidar, force/torque, tactile, IMU and process sensors.
• Choose sensor placement for coverage and changing light conditions.
• Own intrinsic/extrinsic/hand-eye calibration and keep it reliable through changes.
• Own time synchronization across all sensors, state, and teleop stream.
• Build sensor data pipeline: capture, streaming, compression and logging at rate.
• Develop sensor fusion and localisation so robots know their pose in the environment.
• Design the world model with CAD/BIM links, positions, uncertainty and status.
• Register plans to as-built data within tool tolerances.
• Monitor sensor health and detect drift before impacting tasks.
• Mentor engineers while contributing production-quality code weekly.

Conoscenze

C++

Python

ROS2

Linux

Docker

CI/CD

Sensor fusion

Localization

Formazione

MS or PhD in Robotics, CS, EE or related field

Strumenti

Cameras

Lidar

IMU

GNSS

Descrizione del lavoro

Edison Smart® in the Chicago area is seeking a Senior Perception & Localization Engineer to own how robots sense and understand the world. You’ll lead sensor strategy and data pipelines, calibrations, and fusion across real deployments, while mentoring a small team and delivering production-grade code weekly.

The role emphasizes robust state estimation on real hardware, with visa sponsorship and relocation support. Equity is offered as part of a competitive package.