Robot Perception Engineer Jobs

Robot perception engineer jobs target teams building the sensor understanding layer that feeds autonomy and decision-making systems. Typical work includes multi-modal fusion, object detection and tracking, scene understanding, and performance validation across varied environments. You will often work with camera, lidar, and radar data while collaborating with SLAM and planning engineers to improve downstream behavior. Many organizations expect strong software engineering fundamentals alongside model and algorithm expertise, because perception systems must run reliably at production scale. These roles can involve both learned and geometric methods, depending on the stack and operating domain. If you specialize in computer vision for real-world robotics systems and want openings where perception quality directly affects field performance, this page provides a focused set of relevant jobs.

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception - Autonomous Driving

NVIDIA

$184k - $287k
Santa Clara, CA, USA + 5 more Remote 17h ago
C++ Computer Vision Deep Learning Sensor Fusion PyTorch
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Senior System Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

$152k - $241k
Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
C++ Computer Vision Deep Learning Embedded Systems Autonomous Driving
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Manager, Technical Program Manager - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

$200k - $322k
Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
Autonomous Driving Path Planning
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Senior Software Engineer, L4 - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

Shanghai, China 17h ago
Deep Learning CUDA Autonomous Driving
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Senior Software Engineer, L4 - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

$184k - $287k
Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
Deep Learning CUDA Autonomous Driving
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Principal Software Engineer, Mapping - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

$272k - $431k
Santa Clara, CA, USA + 1 more Remote 17h ago
C++ Computer Vision SLAM Sensor Fusion Autonomous Driving
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Senior Software Performance Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

$224k - $356k
Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
C++ CUDA Autonomous Driving Real-Time Systems
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Senior Software Engineer, Mapping - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

$152k - $241k
Santa Clara, CA, USA + 1 more 17h ago
Python Computer Vision CUDA Autonomous Driving Mapping
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Senior Perception Engineer, Obstacle Foundation Models - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

Seoul, South Korea 17h ago
Computer Vision Deep Learning Sensor Fusion PyTorch Transformers
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Senior Localization and Planning Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

$184k - $287k
Santa Clara, CA, USA + 3 more Remote 17h ago
C++ Autonomous Driving Path Planning Localization Mapping
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Senior Platform Software Engineer, DriveAV - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

Bengaluru, India 17h ago
C++ Linux Autonomous Driving Real-Time Systems
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Senior Systems Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles Platform

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
C++ LiDAR Radar Autonomous Driving Safety Systems
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception - Autonomous Driving

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA, USA + 2 more Remote 17h ago
C++ Python Deep Learning PyTorch Autonomous Driving
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Senior Deep Reinforcement Learning Engineer - Autonomous Driving

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
C++ Python Reinforcement Learning PyTorch Autonomous Driving
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AI Developer Technology Intern, Robotics - 2027

NVIDIA

Shanghai, China + 1 more 17h ago
Python Deep Learning PyTorch CUDA Isaac Sim
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Senior Workflow Specialist - Isaac Robotics

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA, USA + 1 more 17h ago
Simulation Motion Planning ROS2 Isaac Sim Unity
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Senior Robotics Systems Engineer - Neural Reconstruction and Real2Sim Applications

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
C++ Python Sensor Fusion Isaac Sim
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Senior Software Engineer - Applied Research in Robotics

NVIDIA

Bengaluru, India 17h ago
C++ Sensor Fusion CUDA ROS2 Linux
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Atlas Research Engineer, SLAM & Spatial AI

Boston Dynamics

Waltham, MA, USA 17h ago
C++ Python Computer Vision SLAM Sensor Fusion
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Thesis Work -Active Vision for AI-based Robot Manipulation with a 2-DOF Movable Camera Head

ABB Robotics

Vaesteras, Vastmanland County, Sweden 17h ago
Computer Vision Deep Learning PyTorch Unity
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How to read a robot perception job description

Robot perception work sits between raw sensors and the decisions a robot makes. The strongest job descriptions make clear which sensors are used, what must run in real time, and whether the role is centered on learned models, geometric estimation, systems integration, or a mix of all three.

Sensors and calibration

Look for camera, depth, lidar, radar, IMU, or multi-sensor requirements plus calibration, synchronization, coordinate frames, and data-quality work. These are core production constraints rather than peripheral hardware tasks.

Scene understanding

Roles may cover detection, tracking, segmentation, 3D vision, pose estimation, state estimation, sensor fusion, or mapping. Some teams lean heavily on deep learning while others combine learned and geometric methods.

On-robot inference

For deployed systems, pay attention to C++ or Python ownership, latency budgets, GPU or edge inference, TensorRT-style optimization, reliability monitoring, and how perception outputs connect to planning, control, or teleoperation.

Search strategy

Relevant openings are not always titled Perception Engineer. Also search Computer Vision, Sensor Fusion, State Estimation, 3D Vision, Localization, and robotics ML roles when the description owns the robot's sensing pipeline.