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 AI Software Engineer, Reinforcement Learning

Agility Robotics

$187k - $292k
Fremont, CA, USA + 2 more Hybrid 1d ago
Python Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning PyTorch
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Staff Systems Integration Engineer

Agility Robotics

$192k - $249k
Fremont, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Control Theory
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Staff Electrical Engineer

Agility Robotics

$194k - $253k
Fremont, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Sensor Fusion Embedded Systems LiDAR Radar Camera Systems
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Senior Electrical Engineer

Agility Robotics

$174k - $226k
Fremont, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Sensor Fusion Embedded Systems LiDAR Radar Camera Systems
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning

Agility Robotics

$216k - $337k
Remote Remote 1d ago
C++ Motion Planning Path Planning MPC State Estimation
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Staff AI Engineer, Perception

Agility Robotics

$207k - $323k
Fremont, CA, USA + 2 more Hybrid 1d ago
Computer Vision Deep Learning PyTorch Embedded Systems CNNs
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Senior Director, AI

Agility Robotics

$257k - $402k
Remote Remote 1d ago
Computer Vision Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning Real-Time Systems
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AV Test Engineer

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$98k - $129k
Las Vegas, NV, USA 1d ago
C++ Python Simulation Linux Autonomous Driving
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Internship - Software Engineering

Overland AI

$28/hr
Seattle, WA, USA 1d ago
C++ Python Path Planning
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Engineering Intern

The Robotics Company

Zurich, Switzerland Onsite 1d ago
ROS C++ Python Computer Vision SLAM
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Staff Software Engineer, TLM, Quantitative Evaluations

Waymo

$251k - $310k
San Francisco, CA, USA + 1 more 2d ago
C++ Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Senior Product Designer, Mission Autonomy

Anduril

$154k - $231k
Costa Mesa, CA, USA 2d ago
Computer Vision Sensor Fusion
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Senior Product Designer, Mission Autonomy

Anduril

$154k - $231k
Washington, DC, USA 2d ago
Computer Vision Sensor Fusion
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Senior Systems Engineer, Robotaxi Systems

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$172k - $229k
Boston, MA, USA + 3 more Remote 2d ago
Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Actions Sustaining

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Central, Singapore 2d ago
C++ Python Simulation Control Theory Autonomous Driving
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Director of Data Science

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$288k - $396k
Boston, MA, USA + 3 more Remote 2d ago
Python Simulation Transformers Autonomous Driving
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Autonomous Driving Test Operator

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$52k - $52k
Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2d ago
Python Linux Autonomous Driving
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Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Actions Sustaining

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$172k - $229k
Boston, MA, USA + 3 more Remote 2d ago
C++ Python Simulation Control Theory Autonomous Driving
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Senior Motion Planning Engineer

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$172k - $229k
Boston, MA, USA + 3 more Remote 2d ago
C++ Motion Planning Autonomous Driving
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Senior AV Test Engineer

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$125k - $167k
Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2d ago
Python Simulation Autonomous Driving Safety Systems
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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.