Group Lead Robotics Perception, Mapping & Navigation (Mensch)

The role

You will be responsible for the technical roadmap for perception, mapping, and navigation from research prototypes to productive use on real robots. You will build and lead a team of perception, SLAM, and navigation engineers.

What you will do

• Technical roadmap for perception, mapping, and navigation
• Build and lead a team of perception, SLAM, and navigation engineers
• Drive multi-sensor perception including calibration, time synchronization, and sensor fusion
• Lead development of SLAM, localization, and map management
• Responsible for object detection, segmentation, pose estimation, and scene representations
• Drive global and local path planning, obstacle avoidance, and navigation in tight spaces
• Ensure real-time performance requirements on embedded hardware
• Work with the safety team to meet autonomous movement requirements
• Build datasets, ground truth, KPIs, and regression tests in simulation and on hardware
• Hands-on troubleshooting for localization errors, drift, and edge cases

Required qualifications

• Master or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years in robotics perception, SLAM, or navigation
• 2+ years technical leadership and deployments on real robots in productive or field use
• Deep knowledge of State Estimation, Sensor Fusion, and SLAM (e.g., Factor Graphs, Visual-Inertial Odometry, LiDAR SLAM)
• Strong background in 3D Computer Vision and learning-based perception
• Solid experience with motion-planning and navigation stacks (e.g., ROS 2, Nav2, MoveIt)
• Experience with simulation tools (e.g., Isaac Sim, Gazebo, MuJoCo) and Sim-to-Real-Transfer
• Strong knowledge of C++, Python, Linux, PyTorch
• Knowledge of libraries like GTSAM, Ceres, Open3D, PCL, or OpenCV
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Fluent English in speaking and writing

Nice to have

• German at B2 to C1 level

About the company

neura-robotics-gmbh