Senior / Staff Perception Software Engineer

The role

You will advance and deploy perception algorithms for self-driving vehicles. You will work on 3D detection and tracking of traffic agents and on semantic understanding of traffic scenes, using real-world data and simulations.

What you will do

• Prototype, evaluate and iterate on perception algorithms using real-world data and simulations.
• Work on 3D detection and tracking of traffic agents and semantic understanding of traffic scenes.
• Formulate problems and propose practical and long-term solutions based on research insights.
• Support productizing and deploying perception algorithms to self-driving vehicles with platform teams.
• Champion engineering excellence through high-quality, well-structured and tested code.
• Collaborate on perception, motion forecasting, planning, traffic modeling and sensor simulation.
• Stay current with advances in AI, machine learning, computer vision and self-driving.
• Work with large datasets and Waabi World, the high-fidelity simulator.
• Contribute to research publications at conferences and Waabi's blog.

Required qualifications

• MS/PhD, or a Bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of industry experience, in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a similar technical field.
• Experience on applied research projects and shipping machine learning features or models into production.
• Experience driving projects on 3D detection, tracking of traffic agents and/or semantic understanding of traffic scenes.
• Passion for turning research ideas into practical solutions for real-world applications.
• Solid understanding of computing fundamentals, including code efficiency.
• Proficient in Python, with high-quality, well-structured and tested code.
• Comfortable working with large datasets for machine learning.
• Strong grasp of machine learning and computer vision literature and state-of-the-art techniques.
• Open-minded, collaborative team player willing to help others.
• Experience and excitement in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Nice to have

• Previous experience in multimodal sensor fusion.
• Previous experience in self-driving technology or related fields.
• Publications in top-tier conferences or journals on computer vision, machine learning or robotics.
• Experience working with platform teams and research teams to implement and validate deep learning models.
• Proficiency in PyTorch, Rust, C++ and/or CUDA.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity awards.
• Annual performance bonus.
• Medical, dental and vision coverage (full-time employees).
• Unlimited vacation.
• Flexible hours and work-from-home support.
• Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals when in office.
• Regular team building activities and social events on-site, off-site and virtually.

Before you apply

• The posting describes an equal opportunity employer that makes accommodations for applicants with disabilities on request.

About the company

Waabi, founded by Raquel Urtasun, is a Physical AI company building technology for commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. It is backed by and partners with leaders in AI, automotive, logistics and deep tech.