Expert Perception Data Engineer (m/f/d)

Your Role

As an Expert Perception Data Engineer you scale the data workflows that power the next‑generation of off‑road autonomy systems. You own the full data lifecycle from ingestion and curation to automated scenario mining, dataset generation, embeddings‑based retrieval, and validation workflows. In this hands‑on engineering role, your designs and implementations have a critical impact on enabling the robust and safe performance of our software in challenging off‑road conditions.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale large‑scale perception data pipelines for terabytes of incoming multimodal sensor data.
• Develop automated dataset curation and scenario mining systems for edge cases and safety‑critical situations.
• Build embeddings‑based retrieval and semantic search pipelines for perception data selection and analysis.
• Maintain tooling for dataset versioning, metadata management, annotation orchestration, and quality assurance to meet certification requirements.
• Improve infrastructure for high‑throughput data processing, cloud‑native workflows, and distributed compute pipelines.
• Drive automation around data operations, labeling processes, and deployment feedback loops from field operations.

Your Background

• 6+ years of professional experience building large‑scale data processing systems for machine learning or robotics applications.
• Strong software engineering skills in Python and/or C++.
• Experience working with multimodal sensor data such as camera, lidar, and radar.
• Familiarity with dataset management tooling, embeddings, vector databases, semantic retrieval, and similarity search systems.
• Strong ownership mindset and the ability to work independently in a fast‑moving engineering environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly across engineering and customer‑facing teams.
• Degree in computer science, robotics, engineering or a related field (Bachelor, Master, or PhD).

About Us

driveblocks develops off‑road ground autonomy that works under harsh and challenging conditions. We build systems designed for operation in 3D terrain, vegetation, and heavy dust and dirt, where 100% reliability is core to success, even in GNSS‑denied environments. Working with multiple OEM partners across agriculture, construction, and defense, we focus on delivering value to vehicle operators and solving the toughest challenges when deploying Physical AI in real‑world applications. Every deployment helps us gather the operational data required to build the next generation of reliable and safe autonomous driving systems.

Working at driveblocks

• Ownership of your work – take responsibility for the full value chain.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Participate in driveblocks’ success via a virtual stock option plan.
• Flexible working hours.