aerovect - Senior Software Engineer, Localization (Calibration)

Remote - USA2mo ago

Remote Senior NA Diagnostics Robotics Senior Software Engineer C++Linux Linear Temporal Close

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in robotics or autonomous vehicles with hands-on work in sensor calibration, localization, or state estimation • Strong practical knowledge of multi-sensor calibration - intrinsic, extrinsic, and temporal - across LiDARs, IMUs, GNSS, and cameras • Proven experience with non-linear optimization frameworks (Ceres, GTSAM, g2o) or filtering approaches (EKF, UKF) • Strong C++ skills (C++17+) and working experience with Linux and ROS/ROS2 • Understanding of how calibration quality propagates through localization and perception • BS or MS in Computer Science, Robotics,Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field • MS or PhD with a focus on calibration, localization, or state estimation • Experience building online/runtime calibration monitoring for deployed autonomous systems • Experience with factor graphs, graph-based SLAM, or open-source tools like Kalibr, LIO-SAM, GLIM, Ceres, GTSAM • Track record of deploying calibration or localization systems on real hardware in production environments • Experience defining safety-relevant thresholds and working with safety monitoring architectures • Familiarity with OpenCV, PCL, or Open3D

Responsibilities

• Own the calibration stack end-to-end — improve reliability of existing offline calibrations, close coverage gaps across the sensor suite (LiDAR, IMU, GNSS, cameras, radar), and ensure every calibration is repeatable, traceable, and has clear pass/fail criteria • Design and build an online calibration validation system that monitors cross-sensor consistency during live missions, detects drift, and integrates with the vehicle's safety architecture • Contribute to the localization and mapping pipeline — sensor integration, performance tuning, regression testing, and deployment to new operating environments • Develop tooling for calibration health logging, diagnostics, and post-mission analysis • Deploy, test, and iterate using data from real autonomous operations at active airports