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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Robotics Engineer, Data & Perception - **Company:** Samson Rose - **Location:** El Segundo, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer Vision, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Customer Data Management, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Distributed Computing Environment, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Object Detection, Operational Databases, Cloud Services, Sensor Fusion, SQL Databases, Video Editing, Robot Operating System, Pytorch, Deep Learning, Model Validation, Information Technology, Data Management, Multiaccess Edge Computing, Industrial Software, Data Pipelines - **Published:** November 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-robotics-engineer-data-perception-el-segundo-ca--0941ff6d-ae59-4210-8ccd-240a7e520759 ## About the Role Robotics, Automation, Aerospace and Defense, Electricity, Wire Harness, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Software, Robotics Software, Industrial Engineering, Data Management, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience. * Hands-on experience building and deploying production data infrastructure or perception systems, ideally in a technical leadership capacity. * Strong computer vision experience, including training, deploying, and monitoring models using real-world camera data. * Experience working with physical-world applications in manufacturing, robotics, logistics, industrial automation, or similar environments. * Data engineering experience handling large volumes of video, sensor, or robotic data, including capture, pipelines, storage, labeling, and evaluation. * Practical experience with cameras and sensors on physical hardware, including selection, calibration, synchronization, and edge computing. * Strong programming skills in Python and SQL. * Experience with a deep learning framework such as PyTorch. * Familiarity with deploying systems across cloud and edge environments. * Working knowledge of C++ or the ability to use it when performance requirements demand it. * Experience rapidly prototyping, testing on real hardware, and iterating toward reliable production systems. * Ability to own a technical area end to end, work effectively with other senior engineers, and communicate clearly with technicians, engineers, and leadership. * Must be a U.S. Person as defined under ITAR requirements. Preferred Experience * Experience building computer vision systems for manufacturing inspection, activity recognition, object detection, or industrial monitoring. * Familiarity with multi-camera systems, video processing, sensor fusion, and synchronized data capture. * Experience with edge hardware and deploying machine learning models in resource-constrained environments. * Background in robotics perception, factory automation, or industrial data platforms. * Experience building data infrastructure for robot learning, including teleoperation, demonstration capture, dataset labeling, and model evaluation. * Familiarity with cloud data platforms, distributed data processing, and large-scale video storage. * Experience establishing data governance, access control, and security practices for sensitive or export-controlled data. * Previous experience at a robotics startup, advanced manufacturing company, or fast-paced engineering organization. * Experience leading technical projects, establishing engineering standards, or mentoring other engineers. ## Description The company is looking for a Senior Robotics Engineer, Data & Perception to own the technical implementation of the data and perception layer across its Automation Program. You'll build the cameras, sensors, data pipelines, and computer vision systems that turn activity on production lines into useful information for factory software, industrial engineers, and robots What You'll Do * Design and deploy camera and sensor instrumentation across manufacturing workstations and robotic cells. * Select, configure, calibrate, and synchronize cameras, sensors, and edge-computing hardware for reliable operation on the production floor. * Build and maintain the factory data infrastructure, including pipelines and storage systems for video, sensor, and robot data. * Connect production data to jobs, operations, parts, and workflows within the company's in-house factory software. * Develop and deploy computer vision systems for inspection, step and activity recognition, part detection, wire detection, and robotic cell sensing. * Train, deploy, monitor, and improve perception models using real-world production data. * Build automated measurement capabilities, including time studies, production step logs, and photo records. * Turn production-floor data into actionable information for manufacturing planning, pricing, quality, and process improvement. * Develop demonstration-capture, labeling, dataset-management, and evaluation infrastructure in collaboration with the Senior Robotics Engineer, Robot Learning. * Provide reliable perception and data capabilities that support robotic manipulation, production automation, and learned robotic skills. * Establish data governance practices, including technician consent, access controls, and secure handling of export-controlled and customer data. * Evaluate external vendors, platforms, and technology solutions, determining when it makes more sense to build internally or adopt existing tools. * Establish engineering standards and best practices for production data and perception systems. * Help hire, mentor, and develop engineers as the data and perception team grows.