Perception Engineer - Apprentice

**About Origin** Origin (previously 10xConstruction) is building general-purpose autonomous robots for US construction to tackle rising costs, safety risks, and labor shortages. Our modular, multi-trade platform combines purpose-built hardware with real-time site intelligence to navigate complex environments and execute tasks with precision. Trained in high-fidelity simulation and already deployed on live sites, our robots deliver 5x faster execution, 250%+ margin expansion, and significant cost savings. Join India's most talent-dense robotics team consisting of individuals from IITs, Stanford, UCLA, etc. **About The Role** As a Perception Engineer at Origin (Formerly 10xconstruction), you will help our autonomous drywall-finishing robots "see" the job-site. You'll design and deploy perception pipelines—camera + LiDAR fusion, deep-learning vision models, and point-cloud geometry—to give the robot the awareness it needs. **Key Responsibilities** * Develop and deploy 3D perception components for geometric scene understanding using depth sensors, LiDAR, and RGB cameras. * Process and interpret spatial data (point clouds, depth maps, image streams) for environment modeling and task planning. * Train and integrate deep-learning models for 3D semantic understanding and quality evaluation. * Design robust sensor fusion strategies that combine visual, inertial, and spatial data for scene reconstruction and robot localization. * Benchmark and optimize perception models for deployment on edge compute platforms (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson) using tools like TensorRT or ONNX. * Collect and curate high-quality datasets (real and synthetic); automate training pipelines and experiment tracking. * Perform and validate sensor calibration (camera, LiDAR, IMU) and develop checks to maintain calibration quality over time * Collaborate across robotics teams (manipulation, navigation, cloud) to deliver production-ready perception stacks for autonomous operation in dynamic construction environments **Requirements** **Qualifications & Skills** * Solid grasp of linear algebra, probability and geometry; coursework or projects in CV or robotics perception * Proficient in Python 3.x and C++17/20; comfortable with git and CI workflows * Experience with ROS 2 (rclcpp / rclpy) and custom message / launch setups * Familiarity with deep-learning vision (PyTorch or TensorFlow)—classification, detection or segmentation * Hands-on work with point-cloud processing ; know when to apply voxel grids, KD-trees, RANSAC or ICP * Exposure to sensor calibration algorithms, **Good to have:** * Experience with ROS 2 * Familiarity with PCL, Open3D * Exposure to real-time optimization libraries (Ceres, GTSAM)