Software Engineer, Localization, Calibration & Mapping

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

• Extend and maintain the localization regression suite and CI-based validation pipeline
• Build metrics and analyzers to catch performance degradation before production
• Develop localization health monitoring and diagnostics tooling
• Work with real sensor data from autonomous operations to validate and debug localization performance
• Support general localization tasks including sensor integration, performance tuning, and platform migrations

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in robotics or autonomous vehicles
• Strong Python and C++ skills
• Experience with Linux and ROS/ROS2
• Hands-on experience building test or validation infrastructure such as replay pipelines or regression frameworks
• Understanding of localization fundamentals including sensor fusion, SLAM, and GNSS/INS
• BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• MS with focus on localization, state estimation, or robotics
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for offline evaluation at scale
• Familiarity with graph-based SLAM or optimization tools like GTSAM, Ceres, or GLIM
• Exposure to embedded compute platforms such as Jetson
• Experience with safety-critical validation or V&V processes