Perception Engineer

About the Company

TerraFirma is redefining how the world moves earth for construction. Founded by former SpaceX engineers and backed by Bain Capital Ventures, TerraFirma is automating construction to make it faster, cheaper, and safer by applying principles of simplification, iteration, and automation to infrastructure development.

Responsibilities

• Integrate multi-spectral and TOF sensors into robotic systems with real-time processing constraints
• Work with motion and trajectory planning teams to design and synthesize sensor systems
• Implement algorithms to detect objects of interest for collision avoidance and motion planning
• Stitch together camera feeds and sensor data to visualize physical systems for human operators
• Develop real-time pipelines for processing, sharing, and fusing data from multiple sensor sources
• Train Machine Learning (ML) models on existing and custom datasets
• Develop simulation and visualization tools for rapid prototyping
• Own the integration, calibration, and testing of sensors for prototypes and production systems
• Lead interdisciplinary teams and mentor new employees

Requirements

• B.S. in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering
• 2+ years of professional or project experience with robotic software development
• Experience implementing real-time algorithms for perception and data processing pipelines
• Demonstrated experience owning large-scale deliverables and driving product roadmaps
• Willingness to relocate to Austin, TX
• Ability to work extended hours or weekends to support critical deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with safety-critical or real-time systems
• Experience with embedded applications for robotics, autonomous vehicles, or aerospace
• Proficiency in C++ and Python for Linux-based systems and bare-metal MCUs
• Experience training, testing, and deploying machine learning models
• Experience implementing robotic algorithms or pipelines from scratch
• Experience with object detection using multi-spectral images and point clouds
• Experience programming FPGAs for high-throughput networking or DSP