Senior Autonomy Engineer - SLAM & Navigation
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND-01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.
About the Role
We're hiring a Senior Autonomy Engineer focused on SLAM & Navigation to join our team. In this role, you will bridge the gap between classical spatial geometry and next-generation AI. You will lead the design and development of robust state estimation, long-term mapping, and localisation loops, with a specific focus on integrating modern machine learning techniques and foundation geometry models into our core navigation stack. Your work will ensure our robots possess rock-solid spatial awareness and execute highly reliable trajectories over extended deployments in complex, real-world environments.
What You'll Do
Design and scale robust SLAM pipelines that maintain highly accurate localisation and state estimation across dynamic physical spaces.
Integrate foundation geometry models and modern ML techniques into the localisation loop to enhance traditional spatial tracking, data association, and visual odometry.
Architect and maintain robust long-term mapping systems that enable robots to autonomously update, manage, and scale spatial maps across changing environments over time.
Build and scale auto-labeling data pipelines that leverage foundation geometry models to generate high-fidelity spatial ground truth for downstream ML training.
Bridge classical geometry with deep learning architectures, building hybrid systems that map raw sensor data into globally consistent metric trajectories.
Deploy and benchmark spatial AI software directly on physical robot hardware, ensuring deterministic, ultra-low latency execution on edge compute.
Translate cutting-edge spatial AI research into production reality, continuously evaluating breakthroughs in geometric learning to guide our navigation roadmap.
What We're Looking For
Deep expertise in classical SLAM and multi-view geometry, including extensive hands-on experience with state estimation, visual/LiDAR odometry, and multi-sensor fusion.
Experience handling backend map optimization and solving the unique structural challenges associated with long-term mapping in large or changing physical environments.
Practical experience applying modern ML to geometric problems, with exposure to utilizing or adapting newer foundation geometry models.
Proven ability to build scalable data pipelines or auto-labeling workflows tailored for geometric and spatial datasets.
Proficiency in C++ and Python, with a track record of writing clean, highly parallelized, production-grade algorithmic code.
Hands-on experience deploying navigation systems on physical hardware, with a deep understanding of the practical edge constraints of real-world robotics.
A research-to-production mindset, capable of tearing through the latest CVPR/ICRA papers and figuring out exactly how to make those models run with bulletproof reliability.
What We Offer
Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale.
30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas-New Year shutdown).
Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care.
Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings.
Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office.
Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics.
Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.