Computer Vision Engineer

Join us in building generally capable robot workers that see, learn, and act alongside people across the continent.

We believe general-purpose, generally-intelligent robots will be built in our lifetimes. Robots will work in our factories, move our goods, walk on our streets and eventually be in our homes. To build that future, research and deployment must work in lockstep: real-world operation must make the technology better and better technology must make deployment easier. We're looking for the thinkers, builders, and researchers who want to be part of that loop.

As an AI robotics company that deploys its inventions directly into the facilities that need them, on state-of-the-art hardware, every line of code written at Tutor has a direct impact on the global, physical economy.

About the Role

Build perception that makes robot manipulation experiments reliable. You will own a significant vision system from problem definition and data collection through evaluation, integration, and ongoing improvement on physical robots. The work combines camera geometry and learned models, with decisions grounded in measured performance.

You will work closely with research, software, mechanical, and electrical engineers to understand failures across sensing, algorithms, and the robot environment. This role focuses on perception and its integration into manipulation systems.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical approach and success criteria for ambiguous perception problems in robot manipulation.
• Build and integrate capabilities such as detection, segmentation, tracking, object pose estimation, and 3D scene understanding.
• Own camera calibration, coordinate transforms, synchronization assumptions, and checks that expose degraded sensor quality.
• Create reproducible datasets and evaluations covering changes in objects, lighting, viewpoint, and occlusion; prevent evaluation leakage.
• Select and adapt geometric methods and learned models based on accuracy, latency, robustness, and operational constraints.
• Deploy and maintain perception in the robot stack; diagnose failures using recorded data and physical experiments.
• Improve shared evaluation tools and documentation, contribute to design reviews, and mentor colleagues in your domain.

Requirements

• Evidence of independently owning a substantial computer-vision system from an ambiguous problem through tested integration.
• Strong Python engineering and experience writing maintainable code, tests, and reproducible experiments.
• Practical command of camera models, calibration, coordinate frames, and 3D geometry.
• Experience with geometric vision or learned visual models, with the judgment to explain when each approach is appropriate.
• Ability to build representative evaluations, isolate failure modes, and distinguish model improvements from data or measurement artifacts.
• Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs and resolve interfaces with engineers in other disciplines.

Nice to have

• Perception deployed on physical robots, especially manipulation systems.
• Multi-camera or depth systems, sensor fusion, SLAM, or object pose estimation.
• OpenCV, Open3D or PCL; a modern deep-learning framework; C++ or GPU optimization.

What Success Looks Like

• Establish a reproducible baseline, meaningful evaluation, and documented sensing assumptions for an agreed perception problem.
• Deliver a measured improvement that holds up on the physical robot and meets runtime constraints.
• Keep the system diagnosable and usable by colleagues through reliable calibration checks, failure analysis, and documentation.

$100,000 - $300,000 a year

Compensation and Benefits

Tutor offers competitive benefits including meaningful equity, fully employer-covered health and dental insurance, a managed 401(k), unlimited PTO and holidays, and regular in-office meals. We host social events and maintain a collaborative, low-ego work culture where people are trusted to take ownership and solve real problems.

Our Culture

We believe that something truly special can happen when talented, motivated people work together; at Tutor, every member of our team is empowered to have real impact in everything that they do. We're characterized by both technical excellence and next-level collaboration and respect.

Tutor is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process - let us know what you need. If you're excited about this role but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

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