LiDAR Characterization & Perception Data Engineer

Job overview

The LiDAR Characterization & Perception Data Engineer role is onsite in Mountain View, CA, and pays $154,900–$209,600 per year. Aeva develops LiDAR sensing and perception technology for applications including automated driving and industrial robotics. The engineer bridges hardware, customer integration, and perception teams by characterizing sensor performance in the field and building data pipelines for perception models. The role supports customer deployments and data collection, calibration, validation, and labeling workflows.

What you'll do

• Characterize 4D LiDAR performance and assist with customer hardware integration
• develop Python and C++ infrastructure to ingest and validate sensor data
• run camera, LiDAR, and GPS calibration workflows
• debug hardware and software integration issues
• build and maintain ETL pipelines
• coordinate annotation vendor data delivery and validate returned labels
• support data collection runs with operations and customer engineering teams
• travel up to 20%.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

lidar characterization

perception data engineer

aeva

mountain view ca

full-time

python

c++

sensor calibration

etl pipelines

autonomous systems

travel up to 20%

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• commuter and health-care/dependent-care accounts
• 401(k)
• life and disability benefits
• flexible time off
• paid parental leave
• and 11 paid holidays.

Why this role

The role combines field sensor characterization and customer support with production-grade Python and C++ data infrastructure; travel is up to 20%.

About the employer

Aeva, Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.