The Boring Company · 4 weeks ago
Robotics & Perception Engineer
Bastrop, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expThe Boring Company is revolutionizing underground infrastructure with innovative tunneling solutions. They are seeking Robotics and Perception Engineers to develop autonomous systems for tunnel construction, focusing on perception pipelines, collision avoidance, and path planning.
ConstructionInfrastructureTransportation
Responsibilities
Own and implement advanced perception pipelines for tunnel construction, integrating sensor fusion, computer vision, and real-time modeling to enable fully autonomous TBM operations
Build, deploy, and harden collision avoidance systems, from raw sensor data processing to spatial modeling, collision detection/warning algorithms, and reactive control strategies
Implement and maintain practical path planning and constraint-based navigation appropriate for confined tunnel environments
Drive end-to-end autonomy (hardware-to-operations), ensuring seamless integration with control systems for mission-critical reliability
Drive rapid iteration and deployment in a vertically integrated team, turning concepts into operational hardware-software solutions – developing in the lab and validating in the field
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated Real-World Impact: Extensive experience deploying autonomous robotics in production / battle-tested environments (e.g., industrial automation, autonomous vehicles, or similar)
Collision Avoidance Expertise: Ability to deeply articulate and implement full-stack solutions, including: Sensing pipelines (e.g., LiDAR, cameras, IMUs, onboard encoders). Algorithms for building dynamic spatial models. Detection and prediction of collisions/warnings. Robot reaction logic (e.g., graded responses for proximity alerts vs. emergency halts)
Extensive Computer/Machine Vision Experience: Mastery in neural networks, object detection/tracking, semantic segmentation, and handling noisy, low-visibility data in real-time
Bachelor's or advanced degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, with 5+ years of relevant industry experience
Strong programming skills in C++, Python, or similar, with a track record of optimizing for performance in embedded systems
Willing to travel to job sites as required to commission & develop new designs, as well as troubleshoot and problem solve existing designs
Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary
Benefits
Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
A 401(k) plan
Paid holidays
Paid vacation
A competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees
Company
The Boring Company
The Boring Company engages in constructing underground transportation networks.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$908M2024-07-23Secondary Market
2023-10-23Secondary Market
2022-04-20Series C· $675M
Leadership Team
Arun Prakash
CFO
Recent News
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