Principle Engineer, 3D Reconstruction

Highlights

• Build high-quality 3D world geometry from vehicle sensor data in dynamic scenes.
• Define architecture and roadmap for Wayve’s offline 3D reconstruction system.
• Turn raw sensor data into reliable 3D ground-truth for validation and modeling.

What they offer

• Meaningful equity sharing in long-term success
• Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable
• Hybrid working with core hours and hands-on workshop/lab work
• Learning and development budgets for training and conferences
• Comprehensive health, dental, maternity/paternity, pension and wellbeing benefits

Ideal candidate

A principal-level robotics leader who thrives in ambiguity and owns technical direction end-to-end. You love turning prototypes into reliable systems and aligning teams around shared goals in embodied AI.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in SLAM, 3D reconstruction, mapping, state estimation or related robotics/perception fields
• Hands-on experience with lidar-based reconstruction, point-cloud registration and pose estimation
• Experience building offline reconstruction, mapping or perception systems on large sensor datasets
• Strong software engineering skills in C++, Python or similar robotics/perception environments
• Experience taking research or prototype algorithms into reliable production systems
• Comfortable defining technical strategy, roadmaps and milestones in ambiguous problem spaces
• Cross-functional technical leadership across calibration, sensor fusion, perception and infrastructure teams
• Systems-level understanding of sensor calibration, timing, synchronization and quality issues