Senior Embedded Systems Engineer - Perception Camera

What we need 

Symbotic is looking for a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer to join our Perception team. You will play a hands-on role in the design and implementation of the next generation of perception software for our mobile robots. The qualified candidate will play a hands-on role helping to bring our robotics solutions to our customers. We are looking for people who thrive in a creative, collaborative and agile development environment. 

What we do  

Our work matters – robotics is transforming the world of commerce. Every day our intelligent robots are responsible for getting food and merchandise to thousands of stores across North America. We’re an industry changer – we created the first and only fully autonomous, end-to-end supply chain solution. Today, we are driving towards even bigger ideas – and we have the people, technology, and leadership to fully realize these aspirations. We have the excitement and ambition of a startup with the benefits and resources of a proven organization. 

What you’ll do 

• Develop and customize BSPs for robotics applications on NVIDIA Jetson Xavier, Orin, and similar platforms. 

• Collaborate with hardware teams and vendors to integrate and optimize perception sensors, including MIPI CSI cameras, Image Signal Processors, LiDARs, GMSL, and FPD-Link serializers/deserializers. 

• Design and implement streaming solutions for embedded edge systems using GStreamer, leveraging hardware accelerators such as encoders, decoders, NPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs for efficient video processing. 

• Optimize video pipelines to achieve target frame rates, minimize latency, and reduce power consumption. 

• Diagnose and resolve perception pipeline issues in complex environments and implement solutions with minimum impact on performance 

• Provide release support, ensuring software stability, compatibility and reliability. 

What you’ll need 

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with a focus on embedded systems. 

• 6+ years of experience in embedded software development on ARM platforms, including performance optimization, file systems, bootloading, firmware, camera drivers, and cross-platform development.

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in embedded applications programming and low-level optimization.  

• Strong proficiency in C++, C and Python with in-depth knowledge of GStreamer.

• Hands-on experience with ROS 

• Nice to have: Experience with GPU programming, CUDA, ML/DL, or related technologies. 

• Nice to have: Background in computer vision and media processing on edge devices. 

• Nice to have: Experience in optimizing and deploying learning-based models on GPUs, TPUs and NPUs available in embedded systems. 

Our environment 

• Up to 10% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.  

• The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.  

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