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Staff Robotics Engineer, 3D Sensing

Wayve
Location
London
Posted
17 days ago
Department
AV Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Significant experience developing robotics or autonomous-driving systems involving LiDAR, cameras and 3D sensor data.
  • Strong experience with target-based or targetless sensor calibration and registration, including LiDAR-to-camera alignment.
  • Strong understanding of 3D geometry, state estimation and optimisation techniques, including nonlinear least-squares methods or factor graphs.
  • Experience accounting for sensor timing and motion effects, such as time synchronisation, LiDAR sweep distortion, rolling-shutter cameras and motion compensation.
  • Strong software-engineering skills in C++ and/or Python, with experience taking robotics algorithms from prototype through evaluation and production deployment.
  • Experience defining evaluation methodologies, datasets and metrics for assessing calibration, registration and 3D sensing quality across real-world conditions.
Nice to have
  • Experience with LiDAR odometry, SLAM or mapping systems, including LiDAR motion compensation and deskewing.
  • Experience with metric-depth foundation models and their application to calibration, registration or 3D reconstruction.
  • Familiarity with learned feature correspondences, cross-modal registration, Gaussian splatting or other emerging 3D representations.
  • Experience handling dynamic scenes using object detection, motion segmentation or tracking methods.
  • Practical experience with optimisation libraries such as GTSAM, Ceres Solver or g2o.
What the job really is

As a Staff Robotics Engineer specializing in 3D Sensing at Wayve, you will lead the development of LiDAR and cross-sensor 3D sensing capabilities. Your role involves calibrating and aligning LiDARs with cameras, developing algorithms for sensor data processing, and establishing evaluation methodologies for 3D sensing systems. You will also provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers while addressing complex challenges in real sensor systems.

Benefits
  • Hybrid working policy that combines time in the office and remote work.
Things to weigh
  • No salary listed.
  • The role involves significant technical leadership and mentorship responsibilities, which may require strong interpersonal skills.
  • The position requires deep involvement in algorithm development and real-world problem-solving, which may be challenging but rewarding.
  • The job is based in London or Sunnyvale, which may require relocation for some candidates.
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