Research Engineer - Robot Perception and Sensor Fusion

Overview

Arm is extending its “Arm everywhere” vision into robotics and embodied AI, where intelligence must operate under real-world constraints of latency, power, and safety. We are building a new robotics research lab in Austin focused on the science of integration, understanding how different paradigms (learning, control, planning) work together in real robotic systems, and how they map onto heterogeneous compute.

This role focuses on perception as a system-level capability, including how sensing, representation, and understanding integrate into full robotic stacks. You will design perception pipelines that operate efficiently under real-world constraints and connect seamlessly with planning, reasoning, and control layers across heterogeneous compute systems.

• Develop perception systems (SLAM, sensor fusion, semantic mapping)
• Design multi-modal sensing pipelines and environment representations
• Integrate perception with planning, reasoning, and control systems
• Evaluate performance under real-world constraints (latency, bandwidth, robustness)
• Contribute to system-level integration and demonstrations
• Translate perception workloads into platform-level requirements

• Strong background in robotics perception (SLAM, vision, sensor fusion)
• Experience with real-world robotic systems or datasets
• Proficiency in C++ and/or Python
• Familiarity with modern perception and mapping techniques
• Publications in top-tier venues

• Experience with multi-modal learning (vision, lidar, tactile)
• Familiarity with edge deployment and optimization
• Experience integrating perception with full robot stacks

You will define how robots perceive and represent the world as part of integrated intelligence systems—shaping both Arm’s research direction and the architectures that will power robots at global scale.

$198,100-$268,000 per year

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.