\nThe company\nOutrider is a software company that is automating distribution yards with electric, self-driving trucks. Our system eliminates manual tasks that are hazardous and repetitive while it improves safety and efficiency. Outrider’s mission is to drive the rapid adoption of sustainable freight transportation. We are a private company founded in 2018 and backed by NEA, 8VC, Koch Disruptive Technologies, and other top-tier investors. Our customers are Fortune 200 companies and our autonomous trucks are already running in distribution yards. For more information, visit www.outrider.ai\n\n\nThe Role \nWe are looking for a Perception Algorithms & State Estimation Engineer to solve complex perception and state estimation problems for online autonomy. The ideal candidate has experience with developing and deploying algorithms in robotics using camera, lidar, and/or radar data. The types of problems the candidate will address may include: object detection and tracking. State estimation for localization, mapping, and sensor calibration. Modeling and estimating tractor/trailer states, including path curvature, ego and trailer pose, trailer angle, trailer wheelbase/length.\n\n\n\nDuties & Responsibilities\n* Design and develop state estimation solutions that run online on our autonomous vehicle\n* Define meaningful metrics and deliver solutions to achieve them\n* Work within the perception team to leverage data, and with other teams to deliver solutions ready for deployment on the autonomous vehicle\n* Mentor and guide other team members to help achieve overall perception goals\n\n\n\nQualifications\n* Skilled with modern C++, Python\n* Experience building state of the art state estimation solutions for real time applications in robotics, including E/KFs, factor graphs, optimization\n* Experience building mapping and calibration solutions\n* Experience working with camera, lidar, and/or radar data in autonomy application\n* Comfort iterating on complex problems and models: problem definition, data, bring-up, debugging, evaluation and deployment\n* Excellent communication skills\n* Self-starter, able to work and overcome challenges independently\n\n\n\nGood-to-have qualifications\n* Familiarity with state of the art, best practices, and research in motion planning and/or controls\n* Ability to design, implement, and deploy motion planning and/or control software stacks\n\n\n\nBenefits\n* Competitive Compensation Package\n* Ownership of projects from day one, highly collaborative teams and a dynamic work environment\n* 100% Remote work set up, flexible work schedule (Flex Time Off Policy)\n* Annual career development stipend to support and encourage your career growth\n* Allowance for home office set up\n* Business trips to our headquarters in Denver, Colorado to stay connected with the team (3-4 times/year)\n\n\n\n\n\nAt Outrider, we believe in cultivating an environment where there is diversity of perspectives, experiences, and knowledge with the expectation that we thrive in an inclusive environment. Outrider is committed to a workforce where everyone's opportunities are limitless regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any others that are protected by law.\n\n\nTo protect yourself against the increasing number of recruiting scams, please make sure that you are communicating with Outrider Technologies, Inc. or one of its employees.  The only way to communicate with us is through our corporate website at www.outrider.ai, through corporate emails utilizing our domain name of @outrider.ai, and through our job board at jobs.lever.co/outrider. Be vigilant when checking domains because imitators often make very small changes to trick the eye. Additionally, please know that Outrider does not use text messaging or public messaging platforms, such as Telegram or Whatsapp, to communicate with candidates and Outrider will never ask an employment candidate for financial information or for payment of any kind. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Engineer and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n