Sr Robotic Perception Engineer

Sustainability, plastic pollution, and climate change have never been more at the forefront of our world as they are today.

At Ranpak, sustainability has been in our DNA since our founding in 1972. Ranpak’s goal then was to create the first environmentally responsible system to protect products during shipment and today, our mission remains the same: To deliver sustainable packaging solutions that help improve supply chain performance and costs, reduce environmental impact, and support a variety of growing business needs globally. The development and improvement of materials, technologies (such as automation) and total solution systems have earned Ranpak a reputation as an innovative leader in eCommerce and industrial supply chain solutions.

Ranpak’s customers span across a variety of industries including automotive parts, electronics, eCommerce, machinery and home goods. Our customers include Amazon, IKEA, Sephora, Misfit Market and BMW.

Ranpak’s corporate headquarters are in Concord Township, Ohio with European headquarters in Eygelshoven, the Netherlands and Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore City, Singapore, respectively. Additionally, a new state-of-the-art building opened in Shelton, CT.

Ranpak Holdings Corp. is a New York Stock Exchange listed company (NYSE: PACK).

THE OPPORTUNITY

Ranapk’s Robotics department is seeking to hire experienced perception engineers to help us develop the code base necessary to provide intelligence to our robots. To be a good fit for this role, candidates will need applied experience developing software used in production-ready systems. Perception engineers will develop algorithms using 2D/3D sensor data to perform inspection, detection, measurement, sensing, and perceiving for our robotic systems. We also expect perception engineers to have the experience and ability to contribute to our software libraries.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Perception Engineer will be responsible for the following:

• Developing software for robot perception
• Working with 3D dataset to develop algorithms based on RGB-D images and 3D point clouds
• Researching and developing real-time image processing pipeline and computer vision algorithms
• Improving the performance of computer vision algorithms by using parallel computing libraries

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements

• B.S. or higher degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics Engineering or related fields
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Strong problem-solving skills.  
• Experience with robotics and machine perception with C++
• Knowledge in data structures and algorithms.  
• Extensive experience with OpenCV and PCL
• Proficient with Modern C++ with a strong understanding of features such as RAII, STL, template, etc.
• Experience with Unix/Linux environments

Nice to Have

• Experience working on developing production ready software
• Experience maintaining large scale libraries
• Experience with ROS and or other middleware
• Experience with parallel computing libraries such TBB and CUDA
• Experience with linear algebra libraries such as Eigen
• Experience with machine learning
• Experience with software version management eg. Git
• Experience with agile development workflow and CI/CD

EOE STATEMENT We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.