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Helix AI Engineer, Perception

Figure· AI - Helix Team
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Hybrid (San Jose, CA)$200k - $400kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets.

Responsibilities

  • Develop perception systems including onboard computer vision, localization, visuomotor policies, and offline data annotation.
  • Own the end-to-end product life cycle from initial ideation to deployment.
  • Deliver high-quality, reliable software solutions for real-world application.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to evolve and optimize our autonomy stack.

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in production-level software and ML engineering best practices.
  • Strong mathematical foundation in probability, optimization, and linear algebra.
  • Domain expertise in at least one of the following areas: 3D Vision, VIO / SLAM, Vision-Language Model (VLM), Diffusion Models.
  • Proficiency with geometric computer vision concepts, including perspective transformation, the pinhole camera model, and epipolar geometry.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment that demands exploration and creative problem-solving.
  • Passion for advancing humanoid robotics.

Skills

Required:Production-level software engineeringMathematical foundationsDomain expertise areasGeometric computer vision conceptsAdaptability/fast-paced work style
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Figure

The future of home help is here

Figure is the first-of-its-kind AI robotics company bringing a general purpose humanoid to life.

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