Vision Engineer for Robotic Lab Automation

Radical AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Radical AI is seeking a Perception Engineer to design and scale vision-guided automation in fast-moving lab environments. You will work with Roboticists, Mechatronics, and Mechanical Engineers to meet rigorous design requirements and deliver world-class automation rapidly.

You will own perception pipelines, integrate with robot motion planning, and help shape technical direction across the robotics software stack. The role demands hands-on development in Python/C++ and strong CV expertise.

Qualifications

• Degree in Robotics, Computer Vision, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 5+ years of experience designing and deploying machine vision systems in robotics or automation environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with 2D/3D cameras, lenses, lighting, and optics.
• Proficiency in Python and/or C++ for production software development.
• Experience integrating vision systems with industrial robots and motion platforms.
• Experience solving novel computer vision problems.
• Experience with simulation, sim2real and domain randomization in CV.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and deploy 2D and 3D vision systems for robotic manipulation, inspection, state verification, and sensor fusion.
• Develop vision-guided automation solutions integrating cameras, lighting, optics, and robots in laboratory and industrial environments.
• Implement perception pipelines for object detection, segmentation, pose estimation, and feature extraction.
• Work on classical detection algorithms as well as training and deploying state-of-the-art vision models.
• Own camera calibration and system-level accuracy verification.
• Integrate vision outputs with robot motion planning, grasping, and task execution.
• Collaborate with software, mechatronics, and mechanical teams to translate needs into automated solutions.
• Contribute to technical direction, architecture decisions, and best practices across stacks.

Skills

Robotics

Computer Vision

Python

C++

ROS/ROS2

Machine Learning

Education

Degree in Robotics, Computer Vision, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Job description

Radical AI is seeking a Perception Engineer to design and scale vision-guided automation in fast-moving lab environments. You will work with Roboticists, Mechatronics, and Mechanical Engineers to meet rigorous design requirements and deliver world-class automation rapidly.

You will own perception pipelines, integrate with robot motion planning, and help shape technical direction across the robotics software stack. The role demands hands-on development in Python/C++ and strong CV expertise.