Helix AI Engineer, Perception

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Figure is an AI robotics company building autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. As a Helix AI Engineer on the Perception team, you will develop onboard computer vision, localization, visuomotor policies, and offline data annotation systems. You will own the end-to-end product lifecycle from ideation to deployment and collaborate cross-functionally to evolve the autonomy stack.

• Develop perception systems including onboard computer vision, localization, visuomotor policies, and offline data annotation
• Own the end-to-end product life cycle from initial ideation to deployment
• Deliver high-quality, reliable software solutions for real-world application
• Collaborate cross-functionally to evolve and optimize the autonomy stack

• Extensive experience in production-level software and ML engineering best practices
• Strong mathematical foundation in probability, optimization, and linear algebra
• Domain expertise in at least one of: 3D Vision, VIO/SLAM, Vision-Language Models (VLM), Diffusion Models
• Proficiency with geometric computer vision concepts such as perspective transformation, pinhole camera model, and epipolar geometry
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment requiring exploration and creative problem-solving
• Passion for advancing humanoid robotics

• Experience with CUDA programming and real-time systems performance optimization
• Familiarity with scalable data engineering toolchains like Spark and Ray
• Strong publication record in a relevant field
• Proven success in developing and deploying production-grade systems