About this role

Watney Robotics Inc is focused on expanding human ambition in the physical world through autonomous robotic systems. The Software Engineer - Perception will design and scale the platform layer for core perception workflows, building data engines and evaluation platforms critical for the operation of robots in unstructured environments.

Responsibilities:

Own the Perception Data Engine: Architect and optimize scalable off-robot data pipelines capable of ingesting, parsing, and managing petabyte-scale video and sensor streams for auto-annotation and localization tasks
Build Continuous Evaluation Infrastructure: Design and implement deterministic simulation, regression testing, and evaluation loops to rigorously benchmark perception performance before edge deployment
Scale Annotation & Feature Extraction: Develop high-throughput pipelines that orchestrate multimodal data fusion, automated labeling, and feature extraction to constantly mine high-signal training examples from the field
Drive Quality Metrics & Monitoring: Establish end-to-end telemetry systems and observability frameworks to track model regression, data drift, and perception accuracy across live operational environments