AI Researcher Perception
1X is a Palo Alto-based AI and robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots, led by its NEO home robot.
Palo Alto, United States
About 1X
1X develops humanoid robots that live and learn alongside people. Its flagship product, NEO, is a home robot designed to autonomously help with household tasks, supported by the company’s embodied-AI systems.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own perception from prototype through fleet deployment. You will build vision systems for geometry, pose, terrain, calibration, and sensor fusion; evaluate their effect on robot behavior; and make capabilities reliable on deployed hardware.
Requirements
- Experience shipping perception systems on physical hardware
- Experience training, evaluating, and deploying detection, depth, or pose-estimation models in PyTorch
- Deep experience with geometric computer vision and camera calibration
- Experience owning a capability from definition through deployment
- Strong Python and modern C++
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience or an advanced degree with equivalent hands-on experience
Responsibilities
- Recover robot geometry from camera data through kinematic calibration
- Deliver depth and scene reconstruction for locomotion and manipulation
- Ship human and object pose-estimation models
- Synchronize and fuse camera and inertial-sensor data
- Automate, monitor, and recover camera calibration across the fleet
- Establish datasets and metrics that measure robot behavior improvements
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Flexible Spending Account options
- Health Savings Account options
- Commuter benefits
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches