State Estimation Engineer - Localization

General Motors•Sunnyvale, CA

9d•$138,200 - $261,300•Hybrid

About The Position

As a State Estimation Engineer within the SEAM Embodied AI organization, you will be an individual contributor driving cutting-edge localization and sensor calibration solutions that directly impact autonomous driving performance. Your role is pivotal in designing, architecting, and deploying advanced systems for purposes including pinpointing the vehicle’s location in the world, and calibrating parameters of all sensors to ensure they optimally support many other vehicle subsystems. You'll participate in critical technical initiatives, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, work with senior engineers across the organization, and significantly shape the future of onboard autonomous driving capabilities.

Requirements

Master's or B.S. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
2+ years of experience developing and deploying software for real-time applications and/or cloud infrastructure.
For Senior roles: 3+ years of experience developing and deploying software for real-time applications and/or cloud infrastructure.
1+ years of background in state estimation and/or sensor calibration.
Strong software engineering proficiency, particularly in C++ and Python, alongside extensive hands-on experience with development, integration, and testing tools.
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, comfortable influencing technical strategy and guiding engineering excellence across the organization.

Nice To Haves

Master's or B.S. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
3+ years of experience developing and deploying software for real-time applications and/or cloud infrastructure.
AV/ADAS experience is a big plus!

Responsibilities

Drive the design, development, and deployment of advanced solutions for state estimation, localization, sensor calibration and more.
Lead and architect critical infrastructure for validating localization and sensor calibration systems, and for continuously monitoring localization performance on deployed vehicles.
Help to ensure high software quality, through build-out of continuous integration components such as regression test suites and simulation scenarios.
Ownership of vital tools used by our teams for prototyping new solutions, debugging issues observed on real vehicles, and accelerating development of test infrastructure.
Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary engineering groups, ensuring seamless integration of localization, sensor alignment, and other capabilities into autonomous vehicle systems.
Influence technical roadmaps, shaping strategic priorities aligned with company objectives and product milestones.