Robotics Calibration Engineer

About the role:
We are seeking a Robotics Calibration Engineer, to join the AI Research team in ARC (autonomous robotics center). In this role, you will own the accuracy, consistency, and production readiness of robotic calibration across perception, kinematics, and manipulation systems. You will define calibration requirements, develop scalable calibration pipelines, and ensure calibration integrity across simulation, lab setups, and real industrial workcells.

Our AI Research team is building end-to-end robot policies that enable dexterous manipulation in real-world environments. Accurate calibration is foundational to this effort-bridging multimodal perception, robot learning, and physical execution systems to enable reliable manipulation at industrial scale.

Work arrangement:
Onsite, full-time (Warren, MI). Travel to plants or pilot cells as needed.

What you'll do:

• Design, implement, and maintain robot calibration pipelines covering camera extrinsics, hand-eye calibration, and multi-sensor alignment (RGB, depth).
• Define calibration accuracy metrics and acceptance criteria (e.g., reprojection error, pose consistency, repeatability, drift over time) and ensure they are computed consistently across simulation, lab, and production environments.
• Build tooling and automation for calibration data collection, execution, validation, and reporting, enabling repeatable and scalable deployment across multiple workcells.
• Develop simulation and log-replay-based workflows to validate calibration procedures, analyze sensitivity, and diagnose failure modes before and after deployment.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and real-cell setups by integrating calibration into system bring-up, regression testing, and commissioning workflows.
• Establish calibration maintenance strategies, including recalibration triggers, health monitoring, and drift detection for long-term reliability in production environments.
• Partner cross-functionally with perception, motion planning, and integration teams to debug calibration-driven failures, translate field issues into actionable fixes, and prevent recurrence through improved processes.
• Produce clear documentation and standards that define "calibration-ready" and "production-calibrated" criteria for industrial deployment.

Required qualifications:

• B.S./M.S. in Robotics, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Hands-on experience (industry or academic) with camera and robot calibration techniques, including hand-eye calibration and multi-sensor coordinate alignment.
• Strong understanding of robot kinematics, coordinate frames, transformations, and error propagation.
• Proficiency in Python and/or C , with the ability to build calibration tools, analysis scripts, and validation utilities.
• Experience working with real robotic hardware, sensors, and production-like environments.
• Strong documentation and communication skills-able to turn calibration behavior and issues into clear engineering requirements.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of industry experience in robotics calibration, system integration, perception engineering, or deployed robotic systems.
• Experience with ROS 2, including sensor drivers and calibration workflows.
• Familiarity with industrial robot deployment contexts, including commissioning, maintenance, and production support.
• Knowledge of measurement uncertainty, repeatability analysis, and accuracy validation for robotic systems.