The ideal Perception Algorithm Engineer candidate shares this real-world perception experience through robotics, autonomous vehicles, or industry. A successful candidate has not only developed perception systems and products, but has iterated on and improved that product once deployed. They have operated under time or market pressure which has led to some innovative solutions to tricky sensor problems.

Examples of Things You’ll Work On…

  • Develop performant perception algorithms for both cloud and low-powered host machines
  • Develop algorithms to calibrate various combinations of sensors
  • Develop unit and integration tests for all production-critical code
  • Participate and contribute to intensive research-backed product proposals
  • Improve UX for user-facing perception products through testing and customer discussion
  • Write and contribute to our internal and user-facing product documentation
  • Contribute to the Tangram Visions blog with relevant, technical content for a robotics and sensor savvy audience
  • Be open to networking/speaker opportunities on behalf of the company:
  • Presentations at local meetups
  • Communications inside and outside of Tangram on progress and projects
  • You should expect to travel at least 4 weeks out of the year for company retreats, conferences, and trade shows
  • Craft and ensure that your User Manual up to date. User Manuals are documents written by you, about you. They’re meant to be easy ways for someone else to get to know you and your working style, so that everyone can better understand one another and collaborate more effectively
  • Communicate and check-in with each other. Every proposal, piece of documentation, and prototype is meant to be open, malleable, and collaborative. This lets us do our best work while preserving the best aspects of asynchronous work - focus and time. Even so, live communications are encouraged even if its just to check in on someone’s day
  • Do your part in keeping our operations running smoothly - submitting PTO requests, observing travel budgets, etc.

You’ll be a successful candidate if…

  • You have hit the limits of open-source frameworks for perception, and hacked your way past them
  • You love performant systems languages, or are excited to learn Rust in a real-world setting
  • You take the time to evaluate technology options and tradeoffs, and feel certain in your decision-making after evaluation
  • You care about contributing to product direction, planning, roadmaps, and postmortems
  • You have a willingness to voice your opinions and have pushed for better calibration procedures at your previous place of work or study, or have developed improved calibration procedures yourself
  • You have strong verbal and written communications skills - you’re able to explain big ideas without technical jargon
  • You have exceptional time management, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects at once
  • You love to learn and can implement what you’ve absorbed, whether it’s through reading textbooks and/or research papers
  • You have a strong sense of teamwork - you enjoy building positive relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, and a willingness to help others
  • You believe in inclusivity when working with colleagues with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Must-Have Technical Qualifications… In our experience, people with the below experiences would thrive in this role. Our tech stack is shown in parentheses, where applicable; experience with a specific tool is not required for this role.

  • At least 2 years of professional experience or the equivalent with the below:
  • A large code architecture written in a performant systems language (we are a Rust shop)
  • Calibration procedures in perception, beyond Zhang’s method
  • Implementing common multi-view geometry or photogrammetry algorithms
  • Non-linear optimization and large matrix mathematics
  • Demonstrated experience with common programming optimization strategies
  • Demonstrated experience with common sensor datatypes, e.g. image formats, point clouds, gyroscopic data, etc.
  • Comfortable working on Linux and using the command-line
  • Proficiency with git. You have experience with informative commit messages and keeping a clean git history

Benefits and other Perks… We’re a startup, aren’t there supposed to be pool tables and stuff? We have an ever-growing list of items that we’re looking to provide, here’s what we currently offer.

  • Tangram Vision covers up to $400 a month of medical plan costs (chances are we have a plan that will be 100% covered for you), and 100% of dental, vision, and ancillary plans (i.e. life insurance, short-term and long-term disability).
  • Employees who choose a medical plan with a health savings account (HSA) also receive a $2,000/year HSA contribution
  • Staff have an unlimited PTO balance, with a recommended 4 weeks off per year (1 week per quarter).

Remote First, Fully Connected: Tangram Vision is a fully remote company; our first five employees span four timezones!

  • Company retreats every three to four months in fun, unique locations
  • Weekly team-wide calls keep us connected and grounded
  • Open virtual co-working comms every afternoon

We understand the importance of financial planning: We offer competitive salaries and equity grants. Employees can choose to adjust their compensation for more/less salary vs. more/less equity.