Staff Embedded Perception Engineer

About the role

We’re looking for a Staff Embedded Perception Engineer specializing in tactile sensing to help advance the next generation of robotic manipulation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to design, evaluate, and demonstrate new sensing solutions that enable reliable closed-loop robotic manipulation and interaction with the environment
• Architect and implement high-performance embedded firmware to acquire, process, and stream high-bandwidth data from tactile sensors
• Design and deploy automated data collection routines using robot end-effectors or instrumented test rigs to generate ground-truth datasets for sensor calibration and modeling
• Conduct hands-on testing to characterize sensor behavior under operational loads including motion, vibration, and thermal variation
• Develop data processing pipelines that leverage advanced DSP techniques to filter, fuse, and compress raw sensor signals into optimized representations used by robotic perception and behavior models
• Model sensor performance and drive the integration of tactile sensing into simulated virtual environments (e.g., Isaac Sim, MuJoCo) to effectively bridge the sim-to-real gap
• Debug complex electronics, perform failure analysis, and investigate root causes to improve reliability and system performance
• Work closely with software, systems, manufacturing, and test engineering teams to define hardware interfaces and ensure successful system integration
• Document designs, experiments, and learnings while contributing to improved development processes, tools, and design standards

Requirements

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or related field. BS with significant relevant experience will also be considered
• 5+ years of experience developing embedded systems in robotics, automation, or similar electromechanical products
• Strong understanding of the physical principles behind tactile sensing and the ability to model sensor behavior and translate physical limitations into robust data representations
• Experience using version-control (Git) and developing embedded C/C++ and Verilog/VHDL firmware for robotic systems, emphasizing SPI, I2C, and CAN communication with underlying hardware
• Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch applied to sensor data processing or representation learning
• Strong technical communication and documentation skills

Desired Experience

• Experience with bare-metal development for high-bandwidth sensor readout and low-latency systems
• Experience designing and executing hardware-based data collection campaigns to generate ground-truth datasets for sensor calibration, modeling, or simulation environments such as Mujoco or Isaac Sim
• Experience integrating multiple sensor modalities such as vision, force/torque sensors, IMUs, or audio arrays into complex electromechanical systems
• Experience debugging electronics and conducting environmental or reliability testing in motion-centric applications
• Familiarity with EMC/EMI testing and standards
• Certifications related to robotics safety, reliability engineering, or IPC standards

Pay

The pay range for this position is between $134,399.06 to $184,798.70 annually.