Perception Engineer - Apprentice
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 5, 2026. Origin scores A on the Alion truth index.
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).