Staff Research Engineer

2 weeks ago

Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Boston Dynamics Full time $131,763 - $181,174

As a Research Engineer on the Perception and Safety R&D Team, you will join a small cross-functional group developing robotic perception technologies that will enable our robots to operate safely around people. Every day you will help research, design, and build perception algorithms to run on our robots. Your work will enable our robots to understand their environment and recognize humans.  You will help integrate your algorithms into embedded systems intended to make our robots safe and reactive.  

In this role you will chart a path by combining the best of traditional and ML perception, with robot behavior and functional safety, ultimately creating novel solutions to one of the most important problems in robotics. If you are creative, thrive in a small team environment, and passionate about a world where humans and robots truly work together - come join us

How you will make an impact:

  • Build, validate, and deploy perception systems to detect hazards, humans, and other environmental features. 

  • Integrate ML models onto our robots' systems to collect data and evaluate performance. 

  • Work closely with a small team to design and prototype new product features which enable our robots to operate safely around humans.

We are looking for:

  • MS with 3 years of industry experience or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field

  • Knowledge of state of the art in related areas including human detection, autonomous vehicle and driver assist systems, and robot safety.

  • Experience developing and deploying perception software for time-sensitive control systems, such as robotics.

  • Experience developing specifications for perception systems from high-level product requirements

  • Strong communication skills, including ability to author technical documentation and deliver presentations on technical topics

  • History of leading cross-functional technical efforts through planning, technical requirement development, and interdisciplinary collaboration 

  • History of working in small, interdisciplinary teams. 

The base pay range for this position is between $131,763 to $181,174 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and a annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.

  • We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.

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