Senior Robotics Engineer: Perception, Planning & ML Systems

Lyte AI; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary and equity

Medical coverage

401(k)

Vacation policy

Collaborative culture

Cutting-edge tech

Job summary

Lyte is hiring a Robotics Engineer to develop and integrate perception, state estimation, planning, and learning-based behaviors for diverse robotic platforms. You will work across perception, ML, and software teams to fuse multi-sensor data and deploy autonomy stacks on real robots used for demos and customer-facing systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on software and algorithms with high system-level impact, requiring strong C++/Python skills and experience deploying on real platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Robotics, Computer Science, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in robotics algorithms, autonomy, or robotics software engineering.
• Strong foundation in core robotics algorithms including state estimation and sensor fusion; motion planning and control; localization and mapping.
• Strong software engineering skills in C++ and/or Python.
• Experience deploying robotics algorithms on real robotic platforms.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate robotics algorithms and ML-based systems for perception, state estimation, planning, and control.
• Integrate multi-sensor perception outputs (camera, LiDAR, IMU) into autonomy and decision-making stacks.
• Build and maintain robot software stacks for diverse platforms (AMR, arm, quadruped, humanoid).
• Implement and tune algorithms for localization, mapping, and sensor fusion; motion planning and trajectory optimization; learning-based behaviors and policies.
• Work closely with perception and vision teams to consume and validate ML-based outputs (detection, depth, tracking).
• Deploy and optimize robotics software on embedded and edge compute platforms.
• Support integration of autonomy stacks into real robots for demos, testing, and customer use.
• Debug system-level autonomy issues spanning sensors, algorithms, and software interactions.

Skills

Robotics algorithms

State estimation

Sensor fusion

Localization

Mapping

Motion planning

C++

Python

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Robotics or CS

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Gazebo

Mujoco

Isaac Sim

Job description

Lyte is hiring a Robotics Engineer to develop and integrate perception, state estimation, planning, and learning-based behaviors for diverse robotic platforms. You will work across perception, ML, and software teams to fuse multi-sensor data and deploy autonomy stacks on real robots used for demos and customer-facing systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on software and algorithms with high system-level impact, requiring strong C++/Python skills and experience deploying on real platforms.