PlusAI
Staff/ Sr. Staff Engineer, Mapping and Localization
$200K–$260K
Santa Clara, CA · Hybrid · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in robotics, with at least 4 years in production-level localization or mapping systems.
- Education
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Design and lead mapping and localization systems that fuse sensor data with HD maps to support safe, accurate autonomous truck operation.
What you'll do
- Lead localization architecture, technical roadmaps, and build-versus-buy decisions; mentor engineers and conduct code reviews.
- Develop real-time sensor-fusion, odometry, global-localization, and HD-map generation and maintenance systems.
- Improve localization in challenging environments, detect map changes using fleet data, and optimize code for embedded compute constraints.
What they ask for
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of industry experience in robotics, including at least 4 years dedicated to production-level localization or mapping systems.
- Expert-level Modern C++ (14/17/20) and strong foundations in probabilistic robotics, nonlinear optimization, and SLAM.
- Deep understanding of 3D geometry, linear algebra, and coordinate transformations; familiarity with Eigen, Ceres, PCL, OpenCV, and GTSAM.
Nice to have
- Experience shipping localization stacks for deployed autonomous vehicles or mobile robots; hands-on experience with LOAM, lego-LOAM, ORB-SLAM, or VINS.
- CUDA/GPU programming or optimization for ARM-based embedded platforms.
Pay
USD 200,000–260,000 (per-year-salary) — base salary
Tools
Modern C++ (14/17/20), Ceres, g2o, GTSAM, Eigen, PCL, OpenCV, CUDA/GPU
AI focus
Develop sensor-fusion and localization algorithms for autonomous trucks, including HD-map matching and fleet-data-based map change detection.
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