Senior Staff Software Engineer, Perception

Summary

Join Latitude AI, a leading automated driving technology company, and contribute to the development of hands-free driver-assist systems for Ford vehicles. Collaborate with experts in machine learning, robotics, and other related fields to build cutting-edge solutions. As part of the Intelligent Systems team, you will work on various aspects of the project, from sensor data processing to cloud infrastructure development. This role requires significant experience in software development and one or more relevant domains (e.g., sensing, machine learning, mapping). Latitude offers a competitive compensation package, comprehensive benefits, and a positive work environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, ECE, Robotics, Physics, Mathematics, or related field
• Significant (10+ years) prior experience in one or more of the domains listed above, or in another domain of relevancy to the autonomous vehicles space
• Significant (10+ years) of experience in C++ or Python software development
• Track record of product development culminating in successful launches/releases/etc

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with perception experts and experienced roboticist to build solutions that scale from the lab to the customer, for one of the largest-scale robotics projects in history
• Architect, design, and implement state of the art and beyond solutions in your domain- some example domains that are within our remit: Sensing: From the sensor driver to objects, algorithms to determine everything in the world and its properties
• Machine Learning & Data Platform: Cloud services for data management, ingest, workflow orchestration, distributed training at scale, and core components of our validation and safety case
• Mapping: Generating a consistent, geo-tagged representation of the universe for consumption by the fleet
• Labeling: Managing operators, development of labeling tools, and accelerating our dataset management and distribution analysis
• State Estimation: Fuse information over time and estimate attributes (e.g. kinematics)
• Localization: Estimate where the vehicle is in the world
• Calibration: Estimate the location and properties of all sensing systems on the vehicle, and the vehicle itself, in unconstrained environments
• Performance: Everything about making the systems of the company faster on the vehicle - use resources more efficiently, deploy jobs to accelerators more intelligently, and squeeze more out of the resources on-vehicle
• Develop production quality software in a fast-paced, highly autonomous environment while maintaining a strong safety culture

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s plus 8 year of experience or PhD degree plus 5 years of experience in Robotics, ECE, Computer Science, or a related field
• Track record of technical leadership (not limited to management) taking products or large features from research to consumer release

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• High-quality individual and family medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings account with available employer match
• Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan with immediate vesting
• Employer-paid group term life insurance and the option to elect voluntary life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid medical leave
• Unlimited vacation
• 15 paid holidays
• Complimentary daily lunches, beverages, and snacks
• Pre-tax spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Adoption/Surrogacy support program
• Backup child and elder care program
• Professional development reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Discounted programs that include legal services, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and more
• Company and team bonding outlets: employee resource groups, quarterly team activity stipend, and wellness initiatives
• Latitude’s annual bonus programs
• Equity compensation