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Senior Staff Perception/ML Research Engineer

Boston Dynamics

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Sep 23, 2025
Waltham, MA, US
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Enable robots to operate safely around people by developing robotic perception technologies

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience working with perception sensor data, including stereo, LiDAR, radar, ToF, or IR data.
  • 5+ years of experience applying ML to perception problems, ideally on embedded systems.
  • Deep knowledge of state of the art in related areas including human detection, autonomous vehicle and driver assist systems, and robot safety.
  • Experience developing and deploying ML-based perception software for time-sensitive control systems, such as robotics.
  • Experience developing specifications for perception systems from high-level product requirements.
  • Experience with the full lifecycle of deep learning development, including network design, data management, training, evaluation, hyperparameter search, deployment, and validation.

Responsibilities

  • Help build the systems that allow our robots to operate safely around people.
  • Develop datasets, metrics, and validation plans for ML models.
  • Build, validate, and deploy ML models to detect hazards, humans, and other environmental features.
  • Integrate these models onto our robots' embedded systems to collect data and evaluate performance.
  • Work to improve model accuracy and run-time performance of models on specific hardware.
  • Lead cross-functional technical efforts involving interdisciplinary efforts to develop robotic systems.
  • Work closely with a small team to design and prototype new payloads, platforms, and product features which create safety features for our robots.

Other

  • Strong communication skills, including ability to author technical documentation and deliver presentations on technical topics.
  • History of leading cross-functional technical efforts through planning, technical requirement development, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
  • History of working in small, interdisciplinary teams.
  • Eligible to work in the United States
  • We are not able to sponsor visas for this position