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Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Sensors Integration

Waabi is an artificial intelligence (AI) company that commercializes driverless trucks. Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before, thanks to its innovative approach that…

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Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Sensors Integration · Waabi

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Job title
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Sensors Integration
Job location
San Francisco, CA
Job description
Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.

With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai

Robots need to see the world they live in to make informed decisions. The Onboard Sensors Team brings that sight to our robot autonomous vehicles. We are currently growing our small group to support integrating, fielding, ruggedizing and productionizing our sensor systems to allow Waabi Driver to navigate roads and freeways - charting a new path forward in how freight is moved. We work with live vehicles everyday, learning how to best shape our sensor platform to fit our vision of the future.
Come help us build the most reliable AV platform and have a great time doing it!
You will…
- Help shape the Waabi sensors platform as we scale.
- Solve challenging integration issues across a number of sensor modalities (LIDAR, RADAR, cameras...).
- Deploy and debug software on real vehicles operating in the field daily.
- Integrate new types of sensors into existing and future onboard platforms.
- Work closely with multidisciplinary development teams to design and build innovative sensor solutions.
- Work closely with operations teams to understand live system behavior, resolve issues and form opinions on how we can mature our system going forward.
Qualifications:
- 6+ years of industry experience working on fielded sensor systems (cameras, lidar, radar, GPS, IMU)
- Collaborating with large teams that span many disciplines from engineering to operations.
- Proficiency in C\C++ or Rust (we use Rust) in resource constrained environments.
- Independently led engineering effort to solve critical systems problems.
- Experience having fielded and debugged Linux systems below the application level.
Bonus:
- Some electronics experience - ability to read a schematic and use basic test equipment.
- Passionate about self-driving technologies.
- Knowledgeable of how time plays a role in coordinated systems.
- Passionate for developing efficient, readable and testable code.
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Company size

10200 employees

Founded

2021

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Funding rounds

  • Series C$750M
  • Series BCA$275M
  • Series ACA$100M