Job Summary:
AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Localization team and take ownership of calibration systems, contributing to broader localization, mapping, and sensor integration efforts.
Responsibilities:
• Own the calibration stack end-to-end — improve reliability of existing offline calibrations, close coverage gaps across the sensor suite (LiDAR, IMU, GNSS, cameras, radar), and ensure every calibration is repeatable, traceable, and has clear pass/fail criteria
• Design and build an online calibration validation system that monitors cross-sensor consistency during live missions, detects drift, and integrates with the vehicle's safety architecture
• Contribute to the localization and mapping pipeline — sensor integration, performance tuning, regression testing, and deployment to new operating environments
• Develop tooling for calibration health logging, diagnostics, and post-mission analysis
• Deploy, test, and iterate using data from real autonomous operations at active airports
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years of experience in robotics or autonomous vehicles with hands-on work in sensor calibration, localization, or state estimation
• Strong practical knowledge of multi-sensor calibration - intrinsic, extrinsic, and temporal - across LiDARs, IMUs, GNSS, and cameras
• Proven experience with non-linear optimization frameworks (Ceres, GTSAM, g2o) or filtering approaches (EKF, UKF)
• Strong C++ skills (C++17+) and working experience with Linux and ROS/ROS2
• Understanding of how calibration quality propagates through localization and perception
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field
Preferred:
• MS or PhD with a focus on calibration, localization, or state estimation
• Experience building online/runtime calibration monitoring for deployed autonomous systems
• Experience with factor graphs, graph-based SLAM, or open-source tools like Kalibr, LIO-SAM, GLIM, Ceres, GTSAM
• Track record of deploying calibration or localization systems on real hardware in production environments
• Experience defining safety-relevant thresholds and working with safety monitoring architectures
• Familiarity with OpenCV, PCL, or Open3D
Company:
AeroVect develops airport automation systems that use embodied AI to manage baggage and cargo logistics on the airfield. Founded in 2020, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.