Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft Robotics (Perception) | Microsoft Careers

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Redmond, WA
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$119,800–$234,700 / yr
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5 days ago
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Nov 25, 2026
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TL;DR · Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft Robotics (Perception) | Microsoft Careers

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As a Senior Member of Technical Staff on the Microsoft Robotics team, you will lead the development and integration of advanced perception and navigation capabilities for robotic platforms. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing robust state estimation pipelines, building spatial representations for navigation, and integrating perception outputs with planning systems to ensure safe and reliable robot autonomy in real-world environments. You will work with modern robotics middleware like ROS/ROS2 and Nav2, and leverage C++ and Python to build performant, testable software. This role requires deep experience in SLAM, sensor fusion, semantic mapping, and deploying perception systems on physical robots, as well as familiarity with machine learning techniques for navigation and spatial AI methods. You will collaborate across disciplines to drive technical design reviews and mentor other engineers while staying current with the latest robotics research.

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C++ Python ROS ROS2 Nav2 MoveIt Drake Gazebo Isaac Sim Rviz Foxglove 3D_Computer_Vision Point_Cloud_Processing Semantic_Segmentation Object_Detection_and_Tracking SLAM VIO LiDAR_Odometry Sensor_Fusion State_Estimation Mapping Obstacle_Detection Semantic_Mapping Traversability_Estimation Learning_Based_Navigation Imitation_Learning CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and integration of perception and navigation systems for robotic platforms.
  • Develop robust state estimation and localization pipelines using multi-sensor data.
  • Build spatial representations for navigation, including occupancy maps and semantic models.
  • Integrate perception outputs with planning, control, simulation, and fleet operations systems.
  • Architect perception-navigation pipelines to meet practical constraints like latency and reliability.
  • Analyze field logs and sensor data to improve system robustness and drive cross-stack improvements.

What we're looking for

  • Deep experience developing robotics perception or navigation systems, including SLAM and sensor fusion.
  • Systems-level understanding of how perception, localization, mapping, planning, and controls interact in deployed autonomous systems.
  • Proficiency in C++ and Python for building performant, testable, production-quality robotics software.
  • Experience with robotics middleware such as ROS/ROS2, Nav2, MoveIt, and Gazebo.
  • Familiarity with modern perception methods like 3D computer vision and neural scene representations.

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