Research Engineer, Neural Rendering

Job overview

The Research Engineer, Neural Rendering role is hybrid in San Francisco, CA. The U.S. annual salary range is $134,000–$235,000, with additional discretionary equity incentives and annual performance bonus. Waabi develops Physical AI technology for autonomous transportation, including commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis.

What you'll do

• Develop production-quality multi-sensor rendering and content-creation systems for autonomous driving
• build scalable digital twins from camera, LiDAR, and RADAR data using reconstruction, neural rendering, and generative AI
• collaborate with autonomy and safety teams to improve Waabi World
• and potentially contribute to research papers submitted to leading conferences or journals.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

research engineer

neural rendering

hybrid

san francisco ca

waabi

$134k–$235k

autonomous driving

multi-sensor simulation

generative ai

nerf

3d gaussian splatting

pytorch

python

c++ or rust

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Discretionary equity incentives and annual performance bonus
• medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees
• unlimited vacation
• flexible hours
• work-from-home support.

Why this role

Work includes NeRF, 3D Gaussian Splatting, diffusion models, Python, PyTorch, and C++ or Rust. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees, unlimited vacation, flexible hours, and work-from-home support.

About the employer

Waabi is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.