Agtonomy · 20 hours ago
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, State Estimation
South San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $240K/yr
5+ years expAgtonomy is transforming how vital industries get work done by building intelligent, autonomous systems for heavy machinery. The role involves developing state estimation and localization algorithms to enhance vehicle pose estimation, collaborating with engineers to improve the outputs of pose and localization systems.
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Responsibilities
Implementing new features to improve the stability and reliability of our local and global pose estimates
Designing mitigation and fallback strategies for the pose estimation systems
Researching, prototyping, and experimenting with various sensors and state-of-the-art state estimation algorithms
Architecting, designing, and implementing software applications, as well as onboard and offboard infrastructure and tools to support those applications
Developing portable, scalable, and fast state measurement and optimization libraries
Writing performant, well-tested software, and improving code quality of the entire Autonomy team through code and design reviews
Validating your solutions on real vehicles in real-world scenarios
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated experience deploying state estimation algorithms in real robots: Kalman filters, particle filters, structure from motion, visual inertial odometry, lidar odometry, etc
Deep understanding of the design tradeoffs involved when fusing various sensing technologies: cameras (mono and stereo), LiDAR, RADAR, GNSS, IMUs, wheel encoders, etc
Experience implementing state estimation math effectively in software with the following libraries: Eigen, Sophus, Ceres, GTSAM, etc
Strong proficiency in modern C++ and experience writing efficient algorithms for resource-constrained embedded systems
Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, collaborative, small team environment with lots of ownership
Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills with demonstrated ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary stakeholders outside of Autonomy
An eagerness to get your hands dirty by testing your code on real robots at real customer farms (gives “field testing” a whole new meaning!)
5+ years of software development experience in autonomy, robotics, or a related field
MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
Preferred
Experience architecting state estimation systems from scratch and understanding the design tradeoffs when leveraging filters, pose graph optimization, etc
Experience with state-of-the-art visual odometry and/or lidar odometry algorithms
Experience implementing custom factors for factor graph optimization
Thinks/dreams in Lie algebra
Benefits
100% covered medical, dental, and vision for the employee (partner, children, or family is additional)
Commuter Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Life Insurance
Short- and Long-Term Disability
401k Plan
Stock Options
Collaborative work environment working alongside passionate mission-driven team!
Company
Agtonomy
Agtonomy is a software and services company specializing in automation and physical AI for agriculture and land management.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$73MKey Investors
DBL PartnersAutotech VenturesMomenta
2025-10-28Series B· $18M
2024-10-16Series A· $10M
2023-12-19Series A· $22.5M
Leadership Team
Tim Bucher
Co-Founder and CEO
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