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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 30 days Apptronik's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 21% of Apptronik's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Apptronik
- high 50 stale, 2 reposted of 86 open
- Hiring momentum
- 120 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Apptronik's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Apptronik.
About this role
As a Senior Perception Hardware Engineer at Apptronik, you will focus on sensor calibration to ensure the sensors of the humanoid robot Apollo operate as a unified system. Your role involves designing calibration fixtures, writing algorithms, and developing scalable factory processes for sensor calibration. You will also work on hardware design, validation, and automation to enhance the robot's perception capabilities in various environments.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Apptronik as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of industry experience in perception hardware, computer vision, or robotics with a focus on sensor calibration and validation
- Deep understanding of 3D geometry, linear algebra, coordinate frame transformations, and non-linear optimization
- Strong programming skills in Python and C++
- Experience with computer vision libraries and optimization frameworks
- Hands-on experience with optical components, LiDAR mechanisms, and MEMS IMUs
- Ability to translate autonomy requirements into hardware and calibration tolerances
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves complex challenges related to safety, commercialization, and mass production
- Requires strong mathematical foundation and system-level thinking
- Hands-on experience with hardware is essential
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Listed by Apptronik on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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