Via Bot Inc. opening for a Robotics Perception Engineer
About us
Here at Via Bot, we're building a robot made to tackle real-world tasks. RUNO is an autonomous mobile robot designed to handle outdoor commercial tasks like sweeping and security. With deployments across the nation and over 800 million square feet cleaned, our aim is to change the way people see robots—not as gimmicks or as one-trick ponies, but as sensible solutions to sizable problems. Learn more about us at:
Who we’re looking for
Via Bot is looking for a passionate robotics perception engineer eager to be a part of the future of robotics. They’ll play a critical role in the design, development, and deployment of perception-enabled features running on our mobile robot platform, RUNO. Our ideal candidate has a solid understanding and hands-on experience in developing advanced perception algorithms for robotics applications, with deep expertise in computer vision-based machine learning. We are seeking problem solvers with a track record of iterative solutions, who can accelerate feature research and development through fail-fast testing and grounded, data-driven implementations.
Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize perception pipelines for object detection, recognition, tracking, and localization.
• Evaluate and test these perception systems in simulated and real-world environments to ensure robustness and reliability.
• Advance our robot platform with new sensor additions, driving these decisions through research, data collection, and test analyses.
• Collaborate with Robotics Software Engineers and cross-functional teams in developing key features for our robot, including security and property inspection.

Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Role requirements

• M.S. or higher in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience!)
• 3+ years of industry experience working with computer vision-based machine learning on mobile robots and/or autonomous vehicles
• Must be able to “wear many hats” (take on responsibilities outside of job description)
• Must have work authorization in the United States
• Not a remote position (Full vaccination status required before first day)

Recommended experience

• Startup experience—a huge plus
• Real Sense/Orbbec depth cameras or similar (stereo, To F, etc.)
• Multi-channel lidars and solid state lidars (Velodyne, Hesai, Robo Sense, etc.)
• Working with cameras outdoors and in variable lighting conditions
• Curating and preparing tailored datasets for development of custom AI/ML models
• Designing and implementing custom object detectors for autonomous vehicle applications
• Object tracking in outdoor environments

Required knowledge

• C++
• Python
• Linux
• ROS/ROS2
• Open CV
• Py Torch
• Tensor Flow

Updated: 10/24/24
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Python: 3 years (Required)
• Linux: 1 year (Required)
• C++: 1 year (Required)
• Computer vision: 3 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Santa Clara, CA 95054 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Santa Clara, CA 95054: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person