25 perception engineer jobs at 18 companies in Santa Rosa, CA
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Perception Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$130k-$170k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Aurelius Systems: Building autonomous, edge-deployed directed energy laser weapon systems.
2+ YOE2–6+ years in computer vision, sensor fusion, or robotics perception; strong C++ with ML; ROS2, Docker; real-time inference; multi-sensor data fusion.
Human Computer Lab: A research lab building character-driven home robots that prioritize legible, emotionally intuitive interactions.
3+ YOEBachelors in CS/CE/Robotics/EE and 3+ years experience building computer vision and ML systems; proficiency in Python and C++; experience with PyTorch/TensorFlow/ONNX, edge deployment, data pipelines, and CV tasks.
XDOF: Data infrastructure and collection systems for general-purpose robot training.
5+ YOE5+ years in robot perception/computer vision, strong 3D vision and SLAM experience, hands-on pose estimation, deep learning training expertise, TensorRT/CUDA optimization, C++/Python and ROS/ROS2 proficiency.
TensorRT, CUDA, C++, Python, ROS, ROS2, ORB-SLAM, VINS-Mono, FastLIO, MediaPipe, MANO, OpenPose, SMPLify, Jetson, Horizon, FoundPose, FoundationPose, GDR-Net, NeRF, 3D Gaussian Splatting, SLAM, V-SLAM, AI coding agents
Treeswift: Provides AI-augmented vegetation management and asset monitoring for utilities.
5+ YOE5+ years perception for robotics experience; proficient in C++ and Python; SLAM, LiDAR, sensor fusion, and calibration experience; strong communication and critical thinking.
Watney Robotics: Develops autonomous robotic systems for data center infrastructure buildout.
Experience building high-throughput data platforms, distributed streaming systems, scalable data pipelines for multimodal media, and closed-loop evaluation infrastructure for perception systems.
Bedrock Robotics: Automates heavy construction machinery with AI retrofit kits.
3+ YOEProduction ML with PyTorch; 3D geometry and calibration; early fusion architectures; transformer-based object detection; strong Python; systems/C++/Rust proficiency; data understanding and model evaluation.
Voxel: AI platform for real-time industrial workplace safety monitoring.
Bachelor's in CS/Robotics, proficiency in Python, Go-Lang, or C++; familiarity with Git; strong problem-solving skills; experience across software stack and ML systems.
Mountain View or New York City or Kirkland or San Francisco
$251k-$310k/yrHybridFull Time
Waymo: Autonomous driving technology for ride-hailing and logistics.
4+ YOEMaster's or PhD in a technical field and 4+ years of industry or postdoctoral research experience in reinforcement learning or foundation models. Requires distributed training, JAX, Flax, and Transformer optimization expertise.
Customer Facing Applied AI Engineer, Retail Perception
North America or San Francisco
$120k-$160k/yrHybridFull Time
Simbe: Autonomous robots for real-time retail inventory and shelf auditing.
3+ YOERequires 3+ years in software engineering, applied ML, data engineering, computer vision operations, or related work; strong Python, pandas, SQL, Linux, command line, Git, and production debugging skills.
Menlo Research: Building open-source humanoid robots and AI locomotion software.
Expertise in perception/navigation/manipulation/teleoperation; experience deploying robotics or embodied AI in real environments; data collection/curation; evaluation design; strong communication and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills.
Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles
San Francisco or Sunnyvale or Livingston or London
$161k-$215k/yrFieldFull Time
CoreWeaveNASDAQ: CRWV: Cloud platform providing GPU-accelerated infrastructure for AI workloads.
8+ YOE8+ years in autonomous vehicle systems or perception; deep sensor knowledge; hands-on ML in Python; experience building and deploying customer-facing applications; proven technical customer engagement leadership; Bachelor's or Master's in a relevant technical field.
Python, JupyterHub, VS Code, Monolith, Marimo, W&B Models, CARLA, LGSVL
General MotorsNYSE: GM: Manufactures and sells automobiles and automotive parts globally.
3+ YOEMaster's degree in a related field and 3+ years experience; expertise in radar perception, monocular 3D detection, sensor fusion, Python/C++/ROS, model optimization, auto-labeling, large-scale data, and advanced math.
Python, C++, ROS, Generative AI, RADAR, LiDAR, Camera
Senior Software Engineer, Handheld Data Collection Systems
San Francisco or Taipei or Trinidad And Tobago
OnsiteFull Time
Anvil Robotics: Modular hardware and software platform for physical AI development.
3+ YOESystems/product integration experience in robotics or perception products; depth in at least one domain (perception, embedded, cloud pose pipelines, ML workflow); strong judgment across hardware and software domains.
Human Archive: A research lab focused on embodied intelligence and robotics backed by YC.
Master’s or PhD in robotics, computer vision, sensing systems, or related fields; published research in sensor fusion, perception systems, multimodal datasets, or embodied AI; experience with RGB-D, IMUs, motion capture, tactile sensing, or robotics systems; strong hardware intuition; experience with RL and real deployments.
Hayden AI: Mobile vision AI systems for automated traffic enforcement.
1+ YOE1-2 years building and deploying ML perception models in production; Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or related; hands-on PyTorch and Python; cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure); familiarity with MLOps, NVIDIA edge stack and CUDA.