The Robotics Company
Senior Researcher, 3D Vision & Graphics
San Francisco +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 7, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
Zurich - Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent research and industry experience developing advanced 3D perception systems.
About the job
Develops research and production-ready systems for 3D scene reconstruction, spatial understanding, object pose estimation, and robotics perception.
What you'll do
- Develop algorithms for reconstructing and understanding static and dynamic 3D scenes and spatial relationships.
- Build 6DoF object pose estimation and agentic reconstruction systems, along with benchmarks and evaluation frameworks.
- Translate research into reliable capabilities for robotic systems in collaboration with engineering and product teams.
What they ask for
- PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent research and industry experience developing advanced 3D perception systems.
- Deep expertise in computer vision, computer graphics, robotics perception, machine learning, or related areas.
- Strong experience with 3D reconstruction, multi-view geometry, SLAM/SfM, neural rendering, scene understanding, or adjacent fields.
- Hands-on experience with video, point clouds, meshes, camera geometry, and 6DoF object pose estimation.
Nice to have
- Experience with dynamic NeRFs, Gaussian splatting, world models, embodied AI, visual agents, or other emerging 3D representation approaches.
- Experience building large-scale datasets, simulation environments, or automated evaluation systems for 3D vision and robotics.
Tools
SLAM/SfM, NeRFs, Gaussian splatting
AI focus
Develops 3D perception and spatial intelligence for robotics, including reconstruction systems and agentic workflows that plan, execute, evaluate, and improve reconstruction.
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