Boston Dynamics
Senior Staff Perception Engineer
$150K–$190K
Waltham Office (POST) · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of industry experience; alternatives: 8+ years with an MS, or 6+ years with a PhD, building perception systems, including shipping software on-robot.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Not able to sponsor visas; candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.
About the job
Sets technical direction and leads the architecture, development, and maintenance of perception systems for the Stretch warehouse robot.
What you'll do
- Own key perception pipelines, including object detection, tracking, and state estimation.
- Define system architecture and collaborate across teams to integrate perception systems onto the robot.
- Promote engineering best practices and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
- Deep expertise in point cloud processing, tracking and filtering, state estimation, SLAM, and sensor calibration perception algorithms.
- Track record of technical leadership on robotics or related-domain projects.
- Strong C++ and Python skills in production environments; experience diagnosing and improving system performance using real-world data.
Nice to have
- Experience with real-time or latency-constrained systems and edge compute.
- Background in warehouse, logistics, or manipulation applications; practical experience with deep learning models for computer vision.
Pay
USD 150,000 to USD 190,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python
AI focus
Builds perception systems for robot manipulation; preferred experience includes deep learning models for computer vision.
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