Rivet Industries ยท 3 months ago
Software Engineer, Perception (SLAM/VIO)
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expRivet Industries is an American company focused on creating integrated task systems for industrial workforces and defense personnel. The Software Engineer, Perception role involves developing and optimizing algorithms for SLAM and Visual-Inertial Odometry, integrating data from various sensors to enhance spatial intelligence in real-time applications.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Develop and optimize sensor fusion algorithms combining IMU and camera data for SLAM and VIO (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping & Visual Inertial Odometry)
Implement state of the art structure-from-motion techniques using different sensor modalities to generate consistent 3D reconstructions
Build Calibration and sync pipelines across multiple sensor types
Evaluate algos against public benchmarks and real-world datasets
Integrate outputs into higher-level autonomy or collaborative mapping systems (i.e. shared mapping systems)
Collaborate with HW, robotics and platform teams to ensure end-to-end performance
Define metrics, testing frameworks and deployment strategies for production-ready perception systems
Qualification
Required
BS with 5+ years of academic or industry experience in inertial sensing, computer vision, robotics or related fields with shipped or published work (or MS with 2+ yrs of the above)
strong background in linear algebra, SLAM, VIO and structure-from-motion
Proficient in C++/Python with experience in real-time optimization
Familiar with libraries such as OpenCV, Ceres etc
Knowledge of sensor modelling, calibration and noise characteristics
Experience with real-time processing pipelines on embedded or edge hardware
Familiarity with probabilistic estimation, filtering (e.g. EKF/ factor-graph optimization)
Preferred
Preferred track record of applied research in robotics or AR/VR
Company
Rivet Industries
We are an American company developing purpose-built tools for industrial workforces and defense personnel.
51-200 employees
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