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Serve Robotics · 1 month ago

Perception Engineer, Autonomy

positionSan Francisco Bay Area
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid Level
money$155K/yr - $195K/yr

Serve Robotics is reimagining urban mobility with their sidewalk delivery robots. They are seeking an Autonomy Sensor Engineer to enhance their sensing systems, focusing on sensor algorithms and processing for improved data quality and performance.

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Responsibilities

Develop and improve sensor processing pipelines for camera and 3D sensors
Build and evaluate algorithms for sensor quality, resiliency, and noise handling
Characterize sensor performance, including timing, latency, and synchronization across modalities and build pipelines for monitoring across the fleet
Experiment with and integrate new sensors into the autonomy platform
Collaborate with perception, autonomy, and hardware teams to diagnose issues and improve multi-sensor performance along with sensor selection
Support sensor driver bring-up, configuration, and upgrades as required for current and next generation platforms
Own sensor calibration and health pipeline across the entire fleet of robots

Qualification

Sensor processingComputer visionRoboticsC++PythonCamera dataLiDARRadarMulti-sensor synchronizationROS/ROS2Sensor calibrationSensor fusionEmbedded systemsCUDA

Required

Strong experience in sensor processing, computer vision, robotics, or related fields
Proficiency in C++ and Python for real-time or robotics applications
Hands-on experience with camera, LiDAR, radar, or similar sensor data
Understanding of multi-sensor synchronization, calibration, and characterization
Experience with ROS/ROS2 or similar middleware

Preferred

Experience experimenting with or benchmarking new sensor hardware
Familiarity with sensor drivers, hardware APIs, or embedded systems
Background in perception, SLAM, or sensor fusion
Experience with CUDA highly desired

Company

Serve Robotics

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Serve Robotics is an autonomous robotic delivery company that develops AI-powered sidewalk delivery robots.
dateFounded in 2021
location
Los Angeles, California, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
http://www.serverobotics.com

H1B Sponsorship

Serve Robotics has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (4)
2022 (1)
2021 (5)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$394M
Key Investors
PostmatesNVIDIANeo
2025-10-10Post Ipo Equity· $100M
2025-01-07Post Ipo Equity· $80M
2024-12-01Post Ipo Equity· $86M

Leadership Team

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Ali Kashani
Co-founder & CEO
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Dmitry Demeshchuk
Co-Founder and VP of Software
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