Senior Perception Engineer

About Us

At Kinisi Robotics, we are advancing the frontier ofphysical intelligence. Our goal is to create robotic systems that leverage cutting-edge perception technologies to perform complex tasks in dynamic, real-world environments. If you’re passionate about developing vision systems that power intelligent robots, we’d love to have you join our team.

What You’ll Do

• Develop robust perception systems for real-time scene understanding, including object detection, classification, pose estimation, and human detection.
• Build systems to track objects and people across complex environments.
• Design and optimize pipelines for offline auto-labeling and real-time perception tasks to support dataset generation and model training.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure perception aligns seamlessly with robotic navigation, manipulation, and control.
• Leverage your experience in vision systems to enable robots to operate effectively in dynamic environments, such as warehouses and factories.
• Work on perception solutions that can scale to support high-volume deployments.

What You’ll Bring

Required Experience:

• Strong expertise in machine learning, computer vision, and sensor fusion technologies.
• Proven experience building real-world vision systems, ideally for tasks like picking and sorting in warehouses or factories.
• Knowledge of object detection, semantic segmentation, pose estimation, and tracking.
• Experience with production-level Python development and familiarity with frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Familiarity with real-world deployment of robots, particularly for companies that have shipped and scaled robotic solutions.

Preferred Experience:

• Hands-on experience developing vision-based robotic systems for logistics, manufacturing, or similar industries.
• Strong understanding of dataset creation, cleaning, and augmentation for training perception models.
• Expertise in optimizing perception systems for embedded environments and safety-critical applications.
• Familiarity with tactile and vision-based sensors to enhance perception capabilities.

Additional Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills in real-world robotic environments.
• Strong collaboration skills to work across engineering and product teams.

Why Join Us?

• Impactful Mission:Shape the future of robotics by developing vision systems that empower intelligent robots.
• Real-World Application:Work on scalable solutions that are deployed in high-demand environments such as warehouses and factories.
• Collaborative Culture:Join a team of passionate engineers pushing the boundaries ofphysical intelligence.

Location This position is based in Bristol, UK but can be remote for exceptional candidates

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity options.
• Flexible working hours and generous PTO.
• Opportunity to work on the latest technologies in AI, ML, and robotics.
• Professional growth opportunities in a fast-paced, innovative environment.