At ASI, we are revolutionizing industries with state-of-the-art autonomous robotics solutions. Within the fields of agriculture, construction, landscaping, and logistics, we deliver technologies that enhance safety, productivity, and efficiency. With our core values of Simplicity, Safety, Transparency, Humility, Attention to Detail and Growth guiding everything we do, we're shaping the future of automation in dynamic markets.
As a Perception Engineer III in R&D, you will develop, evaluate, and deploy advanced sensing and perception algorithms that enable autonomous vehicles to perceive and navigate complex environments. This research focused role emphasizes real time C++ algorithm development, sensor integration, field deployment, and close collaboration with project managers and cross functional engineering teams to drive capability into customer sites and experimental platforms.
Responsibilities:
Evaluate and deploy LiDAR, radar, cameras, ultrasonic, and other exteroceptive sensors for autonomous vehicle operation.
Develop real time perception algorithms in C++ (C++11 or newer) to interface with sensors, process data, and enable intelligent decision making.
Implement multithreaded data processing pipelines and ensure low latency performance in Linux and embedded environments.
Integrate sensor drivers, synchronization, and data acquisition systems across modalities for reliable timestamps and fused inputs.
Process point clouds, images, and radar returns for detection, classification, segmentation, and tracking.
Develop sensor fusion and object tracking modules that combine LiDAR, radar, and camera data for robust environment understanding.
Optimize perception pipelines for latency, throughput, memory usage, and robustness under field conditions and variable sensor noise.
Build tools and test harnesses for simulation, hardware in the loop, and field validation of perception systems.
Work with project managers to plan, deploy, and configure perception systems at customer sites and experimental testbeds.
Collaborate with robotics, controls, planning, and software teams to ensure perception outputs meet downstream requirements.
Profile, debug, and troubleshoot perception code on embedded targets and GPUs to find and fix performance or correctness issues.
Document algorithms, interfaces, calibration procedures, and deployment steps to support reproducibility and handoff.
Validate perception performance using datasets, simulation scenarios, and real world testing to measure accuracy, latency, and failure modes.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
Five or more years of experience developing perception, computer vision, or sensor processing systems, preferably in robotics or automotive domains.
Expert proficiency in C++, preferably C++11 or newer, for real time perception development.
Experience developing multithreaded embedded or Linux applications and familiarity with real time processing constraints.
Experience processing sensor data including LiDAR point clouds, camera images, and radar signals.
Proficiency with a scripting language such as Python or MATLAB for prototyping and analysis.
Thorough understanding of linear algebra, coordinate transforms, least squares solutions, and pose estimation.
Hands on experience with ROS or ROS2, and experience with DDS or other publish-subscribe middleware is preferred.
Experience deploying perception algorithms to embedded targets and GPUs, including profiling and optimization.
At Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where all employees and applicants have equal opportunities. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic. ASI complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non-discrimination in employment and is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process.
