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Software Engineer - Perception (Fallback Stack)

151k – 255kSunnyvale, CAOnsite5+ YOE
Summary

Builds perception capabilities for autonomous vehicle simulation engine, focusing on uncertainty detection and safe fallback behaviors. Requires 5+ years in AV/robotics perception, ML expertise, and C++/Python proficiency.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement simulation capabilities and workflows to enable cutting-edge real-world perception system development
  • Work closely with our sensor simulation team to ensure we build the best range of multi-fidelity simulation models
  • Work closely with our infrastructure team to provide the best enterprise software for engineering, testing, and product teams at our customers
  • Design perception and uncertainty signals that gate fallback behaviors
  • Deploy production systems that directly impact vehicle safety and ODD expansion

Requirements

  • Experience using ML for uncertainty estimation, confidence calibration, or OOD detection
  • Passionate about turning their domain expertise into tooling that boosts the productivity of teams working on various real-world applications of autonomous systems
  • 5+ years of experience in AV, robotics, or safety-critical perception systems
  • Proficiency in C++ and/or Python and production-grade software practices
  • Hands-on experience with more than one domain relevant software framework or tools, such as middleware, benchmarking suites, data sets and related pipelines, or algorithmic libraries
  • Worked with production level ML and DL perception algorithms for autonomous vehicles

Nice to Have

  • MSc or PhD in perception or closely related field
  • Experience with degraded sensors, adverse weather, or real-world edge cases
  • Deep hands-on expertise in relevant algorithms or methods, such as non-linear optimization, computational geometry, numerical analysis, distributed systems
  • Familiarity with fallback systems, MRM concepts, or safety cases (ISO/SOTIF)

Compensation

Base salary range: $151,000 - $255,000 USD annually (plus equity and benefits)

Skills
C++PythonMachine LearningDeep LearningUncertainty EstimationOOD DetectionSensor SimulationMiddlewareComputational GeometryNon-linear Optimization
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