Sensor Signal Processing Research Engineer

Waabi; United States; On-site; USD 155,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity awards

Unlimited vacation

Flexible hours

Work from home support

Catered meals

Team building events

Job summary

Waabi, founded by Raquel Urtasun, is a leader in Physical AI and autonomous transportation. We are seeking a Research Engineer in Sensor Signal Processing to advance Waabi’s signal processing stack for autonomous driving.

You will transform raw sensor data into reliable signals across camera, LiDAR, and radar modalities. You will design and implement novel processing techniques for data acquisition, fusion, and filtering, plus optimize for CPU, GPU, DSP, and accelerators.

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals in signal processing, both classical and learning-based
• Experience with latency-sensitive, high-throughput data
• Prototyping in high-level languages and shipping production software

Responsibilities

• Turn raw sensor data into usable signals for autonomous driving
• Design and implement signal processing techniques for acquisition, fusion, and filtering
• Optimize algorithms for CPU/GPU/DSP and accelerators
• Collaborate with autonomy and hardware teams to ensure robustness
• Contribute to high-impact research papers and conferences

Skills

Signal processing theory

Real-time systems

Rapid prototyping

Tools

Python

Julia

MATLAB

Job description

Waabi, founded by Raquel Urtasun, is a leader in Physical AI and autonomous transportation. We are seeking a Research Engineer in Sensor Signal Processing to advance Waabi’s signal processing stack for autonomous driving.

You will transform raw sensor data into reliable signals across camera, LiDAR, and radar modalities. You will design and implement novel processing techniques for data acquisition, fusion, and filtering, plus optimize for CPU, GPU, DSP, and accelerators.