Senior Software Engineer, Localization (Calibration)

About the Company

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving.

Responsibilities

• Own the calibration stack end-to-end, improving reliability and closing coverage gaps across LiDAR, IMU, GNSS, cameras, and radar
• Design and build an online calibration validation system to monitor cross-sensor consistency and detect drift during live missions
• Contribute to the localization and mapping pipeline, including sensor integration and performance tuning
• Develop tooling for calibration health logging, diagnostics, and post-mission analysis
• Deploy, test, and iterate using data from real autonomous operations at active airports

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in robotics or autonomous vehicles
• Hands-on experience in sensor calibration, localization, or state estimation
• Practical knowledge of multi-sensor calibration (intrinsic, extrinsic, and temporal)
• Experience with non-linear optimization frameworks (Ceres, GTSAM, g2o) or filtering approaches (EKF, UKF)
• Strong C++ skills (C++17+) and experience with Linux and ROS/ROS2
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 tools like Kalibr, LIO-SAM, or GLIM
• Track record of deploying systems on real hardware in production environments
• Familiarity with OpenCV, PCL, or Open3D