Senior Software Engineer - Perception

Senior Software Engineer - Robotics - Perception- work with AI technologies and develop Human-like robots.

• Hybrid, London

Our client is fast-growing company that specializes in the robotics engineering and advanced AI technologies aimed at human-like automation. They have an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer - Perception to join their team. This position is well-suited to ambitious and inventive person who is looking to explore the power of Artificial Intelligence.

This position is based in the Software Department and answers to the Lead of Perception. You will work with the latest technologies to fill the workforce gap in the critical industries.

Responsibilities:

• Build robust perception systems for real-time scene understanding, including object detection, classification, pose estimation, and human detection
• Build a system to track objects & people across the scene
• Develop and optimize pipelines for offline auto-labeling and real-time perception tasks to support dataset generation and model training
• Design and implement manipulation policies using imitation learning, diffusion policies, and other ML techniques
• Create and maintain datasets for manipulation tasks, including cleaning and augmentation pipelines
• Collaborate with reasoning and control teams to ensure perception aligns with spatial understanding and robotic actions

Key Skills:

• Proficiency in scene understanding technologies, including object and human detection, classification, and pose estimation
• Experience in building pipelines for offline auto-labeling and real-time processing
• Expertise in ML techniques for manipulation (e.g., imitation learning, diffusion policies, Vision Language Action - VLA)
• Strong understanding of dataset creation, cleaning, and augmentation
• Strong software engineering skills for real-world deployment, particularly on model optimisation for embedded systems
• Familiarity with the latest machine learning and robotics research

Reasons why you should apply:

• Opportunity to work on the latest technologies in AI, Robotics, EdTech, MedTech and others.
• Startup model, offering a dynamic and innovative work environment.
• 28 calendar days of vacation per year.

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
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