Waabi

Research Engineer, Calibration

Waabi$158K — $269K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Deep understanding of calibration problems, including multi-sensor fusion and quality evaluation.
  • Expertise in sensor modeling with knowledge of physical workings and calibration impacts.
  • Experience shipping production-level software, not just prototypes or concepts.
  • Strong software engineering skills with proficiency in C++ or Rust, as well as Python interop.
  • Bonus: Familiarity with complex data pipelines and real-time monitoring.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop scalable calibration systems for diverse sensors.
  • Create next-gen calibration algorithms focusing on robustness and efficiency in real-time applications.
  • Implement monitoring algorithms for calibration integrity to ensure safety in autonomous driving.
  • Manage large-scale calibration deployment across an entire fleet of self-driving vehicles.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity awards.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits for full-time employees.
  • Unlimited vacation policy.
  • Flexible working hours and remote work options.
  • Daily snacks, drinks, and catered meals when in-office.
  • Regular team-building activities and social events.
Full Job Description
As a Research Engineer in Calibration, you will create the next generation of calibration systems autonomous driving. You will collaborate with our team of world-renowned scientists and engineers to build innovative, practical, and scalable calibration and monitoring solutions for self-driving. We value original, high-impact ideas and rigorous experimental validation.

You will...

- Be part of a multidisciplinary team of Engineers and Scientists working on a scalable system to produce fast, accurate calibration for a wide array of sensing modalities (e.g. camera, lidar, radar, IMU, GNSS).

- Develop the next generation of calibration algorithms leveraging classical and learning-based approaches in 3D geometry with a focus on robustness, compute efficiency, and safety-critical accuracy.

- Design and implement real-time calibration integrity monitoring algorithms to ensure safe autonomous driving on a diverse fleet of vehicles.

- Coordinate large-scale deployment of the calibration of an entire fleet of autonomous vehicles.

Qualifications:

- Deep knowledge in calibration problems. You have prior experience fusing multi-sensor systems, from posing and modeling hidden sensor parameters, to evaluating calibration quality. You should understand how to leverage classical algorithms (e.g. ICP, RQE, SLAM, visual and radar odometry) and learning-based approaches (e.g. NeRF, 3D Splatting) to solve the calibration problem.

- Understanding of sensor modelling. You know how various sensor modalities work from a physical perspective and understand how different modelling assumptions will impact data interpretation and the final calibration. You have the ability to investigate the calibration issues down to the sensor hardware level to root cause issues.

- Shipping Production Software. You have experience in reading and developing production quality software, versus only creating prototypes and proofs of concept.

- Strong software engineering fundamentals. You write efficient and maintainable code in a native language such as C++ or Rust (we use Rust), and are comfortable with Python interop.

Bonus:

- Experience with building and managing complex data pipelines.

- Experience working on real-time state estimation integrity monitoring.

- Solid knowledge in performance profiling and optimization.

- Solid experience with concurrent, parallel, and distributed computing techniques for efficient computation.

- Publications in top-tier conferences or journals related to high-performance computing, image processing, computer graphics, computer vision, machine learning, or self-driving technology.

The US yearly salary range for this role is: $158,000 - $269,000 USD in addition to competitive perks & benefits. Waabi US Inc.'s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Company's compensation practices. The salary base range is reflective of the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Note: The Company provides additional compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus.

Perks/Benefits:

- Competitive compensation and equity awards.

- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).

- Unlimited Vacation.

- Flexible hours and Work from Home support.

- Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).

- Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.

- As we grow, this list continues to evolve!

About Waabi

Waabi is an artificial intelligence company that develops self-driving car technology. The company's focus is on developing a system that can safely and efficiently navigate complex urban environments. Waabi's technology is based on deep learning algorithms that allow the system to learn from experience and improve over time. The company was founded in 2021 by a team of experts in the field of autonomous vehicles and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Size
50 employees
Industry
Founded
2021
NASDAQ

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