LiDAR Characterization & Perception Data Engineer - Mountain View, CA
Mountain View, CA
- Pay
USD 154,900–209,600/year — pay source
Salary 154,900 – 209,600 USD per year Aeva is an Equal Opportunity Employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Read the full posting- Work setup
- Unconfirmed
- Employment
- Unconfirmed
What you’ll work on
Full postingWe're looking for a versatile engineer to serve as a critical bridge between our hardware, customer integration (FAE), and perception teams.
Collaborate with external annotation vendors to package data for delivery, validate returned labels, and flag quality issues for the perception team.
From the employer’s posting
We're looking for a versatile engineer to serve as a critical bridge between our hardware, customer integration (FAE), and perception teams. As a shared resource, you will own the full lifecycle of our sensor data in the field. You will split your time between characterizing physical sensor performance, supporting customer deployments, and building the production-grade Python and C++ data pipelines required to ingest, validate, and label that data for our perception models.
Calibration & Field Debugging: Run camera, LiDAR, and GPS calibration workflows on internal data collection vehicles and customer platforms. Debug hardware/software integration issues including sensor connectivity, logging failures, and network dropouts. Pipelines & Labeling: Build and maintain ETL pipelines that move high-volume sensor data to internal storage. Collaborate with external annotation vendors to package data for delivery, validate returned labels, and flag quality issues for the perception team. Operations Execution: Collaborate with operations and customer engineering teams to plan, support, and execute comprehensive data collection runs.
Tools in this posting
- Python
- C++
Source — Tool mentions in context
Role Overview: We're looking for a versatile engineer to serve as a critical bridge between our hardware, customer integration (FAE), and perception teams. As a shared resource, you will own the full lifecycle of our sensor data in the field. You will split your time between characterizing physical sensor performance, supporting customer deployments, and building the production-grade Python and C++ data pipelines required to ingest, validate, and label that data for our perception models. What you will be doing
- Sensor Characterization & FAE Support: Act as a technical liaison for customers. Assist with hardware integration and characterize 4D LiDAR performance (range, velocity, point cloud quality) in real-world environments to ensure optimal sensor deployment. - Data Infrastructure: Develop Python and C++ infrastructure to ingest, validate, and organize data from collection vehicles and customer fleets: handling file verification, metadata extraction, and database writes. - Calibration & Field Debugging: Run camera, LiDAR, and GPS calibration workflows on internal data collection vehicles and customer platforms. Debug hardware/software integration issues including sensor connectivity, logging failures, and network dropouts.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Optics, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience. - 3+ years of industry experience blending software development (production Python and C++) with hardware/systems engineering (2+ years with a Master's). - Hands-on experience with LiDAR, radar, or camera systems, including hardware troubleshooting, calibration, and point cloud analysis.
About AEVA Technologies Inc
Aeva’s mission is to bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving to industrial robotics, consumer electronics, consumer health, security, and beyond.
In the employer’s words · Read in context
Job description
What you will be doing
-
Sensor Characterization & FAE Support: Act as a technical liaison for customers. Assist with hardware integration and characterize 4D LiDAR performance (range, velocity, point cloud quality) in real-world environments to ensure optimal sensor deployment.
-
Data Infrastructure: Develop Python and C++ infrastructure to ingest, validate, and organize data from collection vehicles and customer fleets: handling file verification, metadata extraction, and database writes.
-
Calibration & Field Debugging: Run camera, LiDAR, and GPS calibration workflows on internal data collection vehicles and customer platforms. Debug hardware/software integration issues including sensor connectivity, logging failures, and network dropouts.
-
Pipelines & Labeling: Build and maintain ETL pipelines that move high-volume sensor data to internal storage. Collaborate with external annotation vendors to package data for delivery, validate returned labels, and flag quality issues for the perception team.
-
Operations Execution: Collaborate with operations and customer engineering teams to plan, support, and execute comprehensive data collection runs.
What You Have
-
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Optics, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience.
-
3+ years of industry experience blending software development (production Python and C++) with hardware/systems engineering (2+ years with a Master's).
-
Hands-on experience with LiDAR, radar, or camera systems, including hardware troubleshooting, calibration, and point cloud analysis.
-
Strong fundamentals in software engineering (data structures, system design) and experience designing or operating data pipelines at scale.
-
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues between external customers, hardware engineers, and perception software teams.
-
Familiarity with robotics or autonomous systems data such as ROS, sensor logs, binary formats, or perception datasets is a strong plus.
-
Ability to work independently and cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment with ambiguous requirements.
Salary
154,900 – 209,600 USD per year
Your next step
- Have your CV and examples of relevant work ready.
- Check the listed location, eligibility and core experience before starting.
Complete your application on jobs.lever.co. The employer’s form will show what is required.
Already applied? Track this application
Source & posting history
Source notes
Source excerptsSelected passages from the saved posting. Check the full description for conditions and exceptions.
- Pay
Salary 154,900 – 209,600 USD per year Aeva is an Equal Opportunity Employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.
- Location & working pattern
Mountain View, CA
Working pattern and location restrictions need checking in the full posting.
- Work authorization
No clear work-authorization passage found. Eligibility is unconfirmed.
- Status in our records
- Active
- First seen by us
- Jul 2, 2026
- Recorded sightings
- 32
- Last seen by us
- Oct 8, 2026
- Employer says posted
- Jun 30, 2026
These dates show when we found the listing. Check the employer’s website to confirm it is still accepting applications.
Report an errorSee how this role fits your experience
Add your resume to compare the role’s scope, tools and requirements with your experience.