Senior/Staff Perception Engineer | VIO, SLAM, Sensor Fusion | Munich

Senior/Staff Perception Engineer | VIO, SLAM, Sensor Fusion | MunichOur client builds perception and navigation for platforms working in GNSS-denied and contested environments, and those systems are already fielded. Not a demo reel, not a roadmap slide. Real deployments, real data coming back from conditions nobody can simulate.They are looking for a Senior/Staff Perception Engineer to own the multi-sensor fusion stack that makes it work.RoleYou will own perception and state estimation end to end - architecture decisions are yours to make and defend, on a small team where nothing gets lost in committee.Sensor fusion across visual, inertial, and RF modalities where GNSS is unavailable, degraded, or actively deniedRelative positioning and state estimation between platforms operating cooperativelyRobust VIO and SLAM under motion blur, feature-poor terrain, and adversarial conditionsTaking estimation performance from lab-grade to field-grade — at temperature, at speed, with a real payloadDirect influence on sensor selection and hardware architecture, not just the software layered on topRequirementsStrong modern C++, with Python for tooling and analysisDeep practical grounding in state estimation - Kalman and factor-graph fusion you have implemented, not just calledExperience shipping perception onto real hardware, not only benchmark datasetsConfidence with sensor calibration, time synchronisation, and the unglamorous work that makes fusion actually convergeLogisticsLocation: Munich, hybridLevel: Senior or StaffPackage: €100K - 180K base plus equityProcess: Three stages. Technical deep-dive with the CTO first - no take-home before you have met the teamTimeline: Decision within two weeks of first contactGet in touch, will.childs@aifutures.group | +49 30 21928434