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Waabi

Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Sensors Integration

AI summary of the role

Senior/Staff engineer on the Onboard Sensors Team at Waabi, responsible for integrating, fielding, ruggedizing, and productionizing sensor systems for autonomous trucks and robotaxis.

What you’ll do

  • Shape the Waabi sensors platform as we scale
  • Solve challenging integration issues across sensor modalities (LIDAR, RADAR, cameras)
  • Deploy and debug software on real vehicles operating in the field daily
  • Integrate new types of sensors into existing and future onboard platforms

What you’ll bring

  • 6+ years of industry experience with fielded sensor systems (cameras, lidar, radar, GPS, IMU)
  • Proficiency in C/C++ or Rust in resource-constrained environments
  • Experience independently leading engineering efforts to solve critical systems problems
  • Experience fielding and debugging Linux systems below the application level

Technologies

C++ · Rust · Linux · LIDAR · RADAR · camera systems · GPS · IMU · sensor integration · embedded systems

About Waabi

Builds a verifiable end-to-end autonomy stack and neural simulator that help trucking partners deploy self-driving freight faster, with the same core model now expanding into robotaxis.

Series C

Source and classification

Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech. With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai Robots need to see the world they live in to make informed decisions. The Onboard Sensors Team brings that sight to our robot autonomous vehicles. We are currently growing our small group to support integrating, fielding, ruggedizing and productionizing our sensor systems to allow Waabi Driver to navigate roads and freeways -
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Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech. With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai Robots need to see the world they live in to make informed decisions. The Onboard Sensors Team brings that sight to our robot autonomous vehicles. We are currently growing our small group to support integrating, fielding, ruggedizing and productionizing our sensor systems to allow Waabi Driver to navigate roads and freeways - charting a new path forward in how freight is moved. We work with live vehicles everyday, learning how to best shape our sensor platform to fit our vision of the future. Come help us build the most reliable AV platform and have a great time doing it! You will… - Help shape the Waabi sensors platform as we scale. - Solve challenging integration issues across a number of sensor modalities (LIDAR, RADAR, cameras...). - Deploy and debug software on real vehicles operating in the field daily. - I [... source excerpt omitted ...] vative sensor solutions. - Work closely with operations teams to understand live system behavior, resolve issues and form opinions on how we can mature our system going forward. Qualifications: - 6+ years of industry experience working on fielded sensor systems (cameras, lidar, radar, GPS, IMU) - Collaborating with large teams that span many disciplines from engineering to operations. - Proficiency in C\C++ or Rust (we use Rust) in resource constrained environments. - Independently led engineering effort to solve critical systems problems. - Experience having fielded and debugged Linux systems below the application level. Bonus: - Some electronics experience - ability to read

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