Senior SLAM, 3D Mapping & Localization Engineer

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

Job summary

Raise Robotics is building autonomous mobility robots for challenging environments and early-scale deployments on construction and industrial sites. The Perception and Localization Engineer will develop real-time mapping, localization, and navigation software, leveraging advanced 3D vision and neural representations to keep a persistent world model onboard.

You’ll validate systems in simulation and on real hardware, transitioning from prototyping to production-ready code while collaborating

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in localization, mapping, and perception.
• Strong SLAM, probabilistic localization, 3D reconstruction, and navigation.
• Experience with 3D visual data and neural representations (Gaussian Splats, NeRFs).
• Familiar with sensor fusion and state estimation (EKF/UKF/particle filters).
• Hands-on experience with real robot systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain real-time mapping, localization, and navigation software for mobility robotic systems.
• Implement 3D scene representations using techniques such as 3D Gaussian Splatting, NeRFs, and other neural or volumetric methods.
• Validate mapping and localization systems in simulation and real-world testing, tuning performance for maximum accuracy.
• Develop ML models for estimating depth from cameras and for detecting obstacles on RGB data.

Skills

SLAM

Localization

3D Reconstruction

Gaussian Splats

NeRFs

Sensor Fusion

Real Robot Systems

Communication Skills

Job description

Raise Robotics is building autonomous mobility robots for challenging environments and early-scale deployments on construction and industrial sites. The Perception and Localization Engineer will develop real-time mapping, localization, and navigation software, leveraging advanced 3D vision and neural representations to keep a persistent world model onboard.

You’ll validate systems in simulation and on real hardware, transitioning from prototyping to production-ready code while collaborating