RYZ Labs is looking for a Mapping & Localization Engineer to join one of our client’s teams. They are developing autonomous robots for last-mile-services, revolutionizing urban logistics with efficient, sustainable deliveries. The company is a leader in robotics and automation, transforming the way goods are delivered in urban environments.
There's undeniable demand for cheap, fast and reliable deliveries (pick all three!) across all delivery companies, restaurant chains and individual restaurants.We want to help all of them. To accomplish this, we need autonomous driving and routing capabilities built on top of robust, scalable maps, as well as high quality real-time localization to make use of these maps.
Responsibilities:- Design and implement core pieces of the next generation mapping and localization engine.- Contribute to a mapping system that scales to city-size environments while preserving high resolution geometry to aid navigation in tight quarters.- Collaborate to improve map annotation tooling and consumption of data by neural network based approaches for safe traversable area navigation.- Contribute to flexible location estimation fusing relative and absolute measurements.- Work closely with other autonomy team members to maximize the utility provided by mapping and localization.- Ship production quality code, participate in code reviews, teach/mentor more junior engineers.
Qualifications:- Bachelor’s degree in Robotics focused in localization and mapping and 2+ years of industry experience.- Experience building SLAM systems in production.- Strong C++ programming skills.- Experience designing and building a simple system that works, and having it gradually evolve into a elegant system that scales.- Strong verbal and writing communication skills.
What’s makes you standout:- PhD in Robotics focused in localization and mapping.- Experience building cloud applications.- Building infrastructure for labeling and maintaining HD maps.- Experience with very large geospatial datasets.- Experience with CUDA programming.- Experience with real sensors, such as lidar, camera, RGB-D, etc.
About RYZ Labs:RYZ Labs is a startup studio built in 2021 by two lifelong entrepreneurs. The founders of RYZ have worked at some of the world's largest tech companies and some of the most iconic consumer brands. They have lived and worked in Argentina for many years and have decades of experience in Latam. What brought them together is the passion for the early phases of company creation and the idea of attracting the brightest talents in order to build industry-defining companies in a post-pandemic world.
Our teams are remote and distributed throughout the US and Latam. They use the latest cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing to create applications that are scalable and resilient. We aim to provide diverse product solutions for different industries,planning to build a large number of startups in the upcoming years.
At RYZ, you will find yourself working with autonomy and efficiency, owning every step of your development. We provide an environment of opportunities, learning, growth, expansion, and challenging projects. You will deepen your experience while sharing and learning from a team of great professionals and specialists.
Our values and what to expect:- Customer First Mentality - every decision we make should be made through the lens of the customer.- Bias for Action - urgency is critical, expect that the timeline to get something done is accelerated.- Ownership -  step up if you see an opportunity to help, even if not your core responsibility. - Humility and Respect - be willing to learn, be vulnerable, and treat everyone who interacts with RYZ with respect.- Frugality - being frugal and cost-conscious helps us do more with less- Deliver Impact - get things done in the most efficient way. - Raise our Standards - always be looking to improve our processes, our team, and our expectations. The status quo is not good enough and never should be.