Senior Research Engineer

About us:

We’re a Series A company building intelligent, endearing robots for consumer use at home. The home autonomy space has been dramatically overlooked when it comes to robotics. While the last decade has seen an influx of companies promising self-driving cars and intelligent humanoids, none are delivering these solutions reliably or affordably. Meanwhile, regular people are still stuck spending dozens of hours per week on repetitive household chores.

At Matic, we're leveraging advanced technology to address this problem. We've started by reimagining what autonomous floor cleaning robots can achieve using AI and computer vision with our flagship product. From there, our goal is to continue automating other forms of household labor, shipping realistic, affordable, and privacy-first robots to our users while building iteratively toward more complex tasks and capabilities over time.

About the role:

As a Senior Research Engineer at Matic, you'll work with a talented, seasoned team building novel algorithms to help our robot understand and interact with its environment. You will push the boundaries of robot perception, enabling endearing robots to change the way people manage household tasks

The ideal candidate has a passion for solving problems and deploying those solutions to real, working products. We’re looking for detail-obsessed “idea machines”, able to push beyond the current state of the art to break new ground in robotic perception.

What you'll do

• Enable Level 5 autonomy in consumer robotics.

• Lead core projects and mentor junior engineers

• Translate open-ended, real-world problems into well-defined machine learning problems

• Architect fast, robust software where testing, debugging, and visualization are foundational

• Innovate on novel neural network architectures and build scalable machine learning infrastructure to train on large datasets

What we look for

• Bachelor's or Master's degree computer science, mathematics/applied mathematics, computer engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or a related field; graduate degree work is a plus

• 3+ years of experience working on applied problems in computer vision, machine learning, or robotics

• Proficient in systems programming with Rust and/or C++; fluency in Python

• Strong software development and team collaboration skills

• Track record of success in leading teams to successful delivery of key projects or products

• Publication of impactful papers in machine learning, computer vision, robotics, computer science, or related fields is a plus.

We'd love to hear from you if...

• You are genuinely motivated to help those around you

• You are passionate about learning outside of your normal comfort zones

• You love diagnosing complex technical issues

• You are excited to do great work

If you got to this point, we hope you're feeling excited about this opportunity at Matic! Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people who are keen to learn and are passionate about what Matic is building. We want to hear how you can contribute to our team in a variety of ways – not just the above boxes.