Group Lead Robotics Perception, Mapping & Navigation (human)

Neura Robotics
Metzingen / Riederich, Germany
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior robotics engineers with technical leadership experience who can manage multi-sensor perception and SLAM systems.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 7+ years in robotics perception and technical leadership roles
    — “7+ years in robotics perception, SLAM or navigation, including 2+ years of technical leadership”
  • Individuals with deep expertise in 3D computer vision and sensor fusion
    — “Deep knowledge of state estimation, sensor fusion and SLAM”
  • Those experienced in deploying perception systems on real robots in production settings
    — “deployments on real robots in production or field settings”

Things to consider

  • German language proficiency at B2 to C1 is a strong plus for communication
    — “German at B2 to C1 is a strong plus”
  • The role requires working closely with safety and hardware teams on functional safety standards
    — “You work with the safety team to meet the requirements for autonomous motion”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in building and leading teams with technical growth strategies
    — “You hire a team of perception, SLAM and navigation engineers, mentor them and support each person’s growth”
  • Emphasize hands-on experience with solving complex localization and drift issues
    — “You get stuck in yourself when localisation failures, drift, degenerate environments or field edge cases come up”
  • Showcase work with real-time embedded systems and collaboration with Edge AI teams
    — “Together with the Edge AI and hardware teams, you ensure real-time requirements are met on embedded compute”
  • Demonstrate skills in 3D scene understanding and scene representations
    — “3D scene understanding: You own object detection, segmentation, pose estimation and scene representations”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Developed and deployed SLAM and navigation systems on real robots
  • Led a team of perception and navigation engineers
Typical background
RoboticsComputer scienceElectrical engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Robotics PerceptionSLAMNavigation3D Scene UnderstandingReal-time Performance

Preferred

SimulationFunctional Safety

Stack & domain

SLAM3D Computer VisionMotion PlanningCommunicationRoboticsNavigation

About the role

Original posting from Neura Robotics via Ashby

YOUR MISSION & CHALLENGES

  • Technical roadmap: You own the technical roadmap for perception, mapping and navigation, from research prototypes to production on real robots.
  • Build & lead the team: You hire a team of perception, SLAM and navigation engineers, mentor them and support each person’s growth.
  • Multi-sensor perception: You drive perception across multiple sensors (RGB-D, stereo, LiDAR, IMU, wheel odometry), including calibration, time synchronisation and sensor fusion.
  • SLAM, localisation & map management: You lead the development of SLAM, localisation and map management (2D/3D, semantic and long-term maps, multi-session mapping, map updates in changing environments).
  • 3D scene understanding: You own object detection, segmentation, pose estimation and scene representations (occupancy, voxel, mesh, neural fields) that feed manipulation and planning.
  • Navigation: You drive global and local path planning, obstacle avoidance, navigation around dynamic and human obstacles, and whole-body motion in cluttered spaces.
  • Real-time performance: Together with the Edge AI and hardware teams, you ensure real-time requirements are met on embedded compute.
  • Functional safety: You work with the safety team to meet the requirements for autonomous motion (e.g. ISO 13482, ISO 3691-4, ISO 10218).
  • Simulation, data pipelines & evaluation: You build datasets, ground truth, KPIs and regression testing in simulation and on hardware.
  • Hands-on on hard problems: You get stuck in yourself when localisation failures, drift, degenerate environments or field edge cases come up.

WHAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO

  • Education: Master’s or PhD in robotics, computer science, electrical engineering or a related field.
  • Experience: 7+ years in robotics perception, SLAM or navigation, including 2+ years of technical leadership and deployments on real robots in production or field settings.
  • State estimation & SLAM: Deep knowledge of state estimation, sensor fusion and SLAM (e.g. factor graphs, visual-inertial odometry, LiDAR SLAM).
  • 3D computer vision: Strong background in 3D computer vision and learning-based perception.
  • Motion planning & navigation: Solid experience with motion planning and navigation stacks (e.g. ROS 2, Nav2, MoveIt).
  • Simulation: Experience with simulation tools (e.g. Isaac Sim, Gazebo, MuJoCo) and sim-to-real transfer.
  • Tech stack: Strong C++ and Python, Linux, PyTorch, and libraries such as GTSAM, Ceres, Open3D, PCL or OpenCV.
  • Leadership & communication: Strong leadership and communication skills, with professional English in speaking and writing. German at B2 to C1 is a strong plus.

Source: Neura Robotics careers (Ashby)

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