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 take ownership of calibration systems, contributing to localization, mapping, and sensor integration efforts. The role involves improving calibration reliability, developing online validation systems, and deploying solutions in real autonomous operations.
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.