Slip Robotics is hiring a Robotics Perception Engineer to take ownership of the sensing and perception stack for our autonomous mobile robots. You will design and ship systems that give our robots a reliable understanding of their environment, working directly on hardware operating in live freight facilities.
What You'll Do
- Design, implement, and maintain the perception pipeline for autonomous mobile robots, including object detection, segmentation, localization, and mapping
- Integrate and calibrate LiDAR, depth cameras, and other sensors on production robot platforms
- Develop robust point cloud processing and filtering for reliable operation
- Build and maintain sensor fusion systems that combine multiple modalities for accurate environment understanding
- Create and manage datasets for perception model training, validation, and regression testing
- Collaborate closely with navigation, controls, and hardware teams to ensure perception outputs meet downstream requirements
- Debug and resolve perception failures on deployed robots using logs, recorded sensor data, and on-site investigation
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines for perception software testing and deployment
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of professional experience building perception systems for physical robots at a robotics or autonomous vehicle company
- Strong proficiency in C++ and Python
- Deep experience with LiDAR processing (point cloud filtering, clustering, registration, SLAM)
- Hands-on experience with camera-based perception
- Production experience with ROS or ROS 2
- Experience with sensor calibration (intrinsic, extrinsic, multi-sensor)
- Familiarity with machine learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) for perception tasks
- Track record of deploying perception software to real robots in real environments—not just simulation
- Strong debugging skills and comfort working with physical hardware
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a small, fast-moving team
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
- Experience with AWS IoT, Greengrass, or similar edge-cloud architectures
- Experience in logistics, warehousing, or freight environments
- Background in Gazebo or other physics simulation for sensor modeling
Technical Stack
- C++
- Python
- LiDAR
- ROS/ROS 2
- PyTorch
- TensorFlow
- AWS IoT/Greengrass
- Gazebo
Team & Environment
You will be joining a small, high-impact team where your work has direct, visible influence on shipped products.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive salary and equity in an early-stage robotics company
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision
- Permissive time off policy
- A small team where your work has direct, visible impact on shipped products
- The chance to work on robots that are operating in production today—not a research project
Work Mode
This is a hybrid role based in Atlanta.
