(H/F) R&D - Perception, Mapping and Navigation Engineer

Wandercraft recrute !

À propos

Chez Wandercraft, nous concevons, fabriquons et vendons des robots dont la mission est d’aider les humains à faire ce qu’ils ne peuvent pas faire. Nous mettons en oeuvre les technologies d’AI et de robotique les plus avancées dans les métiers de la santé et de l’industrie.

Atalante X, le premier exosquelette de marche autonome au monde, est utilisé dans plus de 100 centres de rééducation sur 4 continents, et permet à des patients qui ont perdu la marche de ré-apprendre à marcher. Avec Atalante X ils font plus d’un million de pas chaque mois.

Après plus de 10 ans sur le terrain et des milliards de pas analysés, nous lançons Eve, le premier exosquelette personnel auto-équilibré, pensé pour aider les utilisateurs en fauteuil roulant à se lever et marcher dans leur vie quotidienne, chez eux et dans la ville.

Enfin, nous commençons à appliquer notre technologie dans l’industrie, avec la gamme de robots humanoïdes Calvin. Calvin-40, notre premier modèle, a été conçu en 40 jours pour soulager les opérateurs en usine des tâches pénibles ou dangereuses. Bientôt une évolution de Calvin accompagnera des personnes avec une autonomie réduite dans leurs gestes quotidiens.

Depuis Paris et New York, notre équipe de 110 ingénieurs, cliniciens, chercheurs et opérateurs est unie autour d’une même mission : concevoir des robots qui améliorent la vie des humains.

Ce n’est pas une simple équipe que nous assemblons : c’est une aventure portée par des esprits curieux, engagés, des pionniers prêts à construire un futur qui a du sens.

Envie de rejoindre l’aventure ? Viens façonner avec nous la prochaine génération de robotique humanoïde, alimentée par l’IA et guidée par l’humain.

Descriptif du poste

Our AI & Control Team is growing to meet new challenges!

Our personal exoskeleton is evolving to operate in increasingly complex environments. To achieve this, it must be able to understand its surroundings in order to assist users with safe and robust navigation around various obstacles.

In addition, since 2025, Wandercraft has been venturing into humanoid robotics in close collaboration with the Renault Group. We are leveraging our expertise in bipedal robotics and expanding our autonomy skills for these robots. They will need to be able to locate objects of interest and estimate their poses. They will then need to understand their environment in order to navigate reliably and autonomously to fulfill our customers’ various use cases.

To this end, we are creating a team dedicated to perception and navigation. This team will be responsible for developing the knowledge and codebase needed to address these new challenges. We will explore various state-of-the-art techniques, whether based on machine learning, classical computer vision, or model-based control.

The Perception, Mapping, and Navigation team is part of the AI & Control department and works closely with other members of this department. It also collaborates regularly with other R&D teams: embedded software, electronics, and mechanics.

Your responsibilities may include:

Selecting the most suitable vision/perception sensors for our needs
Conducting literature reviews related to ongoing projects
Presenting the latest innovations from the literature or internally developed algorithms to the team
Developing algorithms for object detection, pose estimation, or feature recognition
Creating a map of the environment that can be used to understand and navigate it
Developing navigation and control algorithms for various robots, including autonomous navigation for humanoid robots and navigation assistance for exoskeletons
Working closely with other teams to ensure the overall performance of the algorithms
Testing on real robots and in simulation
Traveling to customer sites (e.g., healthcare centers or factories) to ensure algorithms function properly in real-world conditions and making corrections as needed
Automated testing, code quality, and designing verification pipelines to ensure non-regression

Profil recherché

Qualifications: Engineering degree or PhD in perception, navigation, machine learning, robotics, or a similar field.
Experience: Ideally, you have experience in perception or navigation.

Academic experience will be valued, particularly in relation to perception or the use of point clouds, navigation or optimal control, machine learning, etc.

Creativity, innovation: you are able to develop new things with a limited existing base and to make prototypes (personal or professional robotics projects are highly appreciated).

You have an interest in experimentation and adapting algorithms to the constraints of the field and a commercial product.

You have experience in software development (Python/C++).

You have experience in team software development (modularity, responding to specifications, continuous integration, etc.).

You are comfortable with linear algebra (matrix calculations), kinematics, and physical modeling (reference frame changes, odometry, etc.).

You are rigorous, able to proofread your work and explain your calculations or algorithms clearly.

You are curious and have good analytical skills, enabling you to monitor technological developments effectively and learn from scientific literature or meetings at conferences.

Skills

Python : expert
C++ : expert
Vision (feature detection, mapping, SLAM) : expert
Navigation (path planning, path tracking...) : expert
Machine learning (data analysis, augmentation, labeling, validation) : autonome
Robotics (kinematics, odometry, real data analysis) : autonome
Linear algebra, numerical optimization : autonome
Control systems (observers, controllers) : connaissances basiques
Continuous analysis of the state of the art in the field : autonome
Software development best practices, continuous integration, automated testing : autonome

Informations complémentaires

Type de contrat : CDI
Lieu : Paris
Niveau d'études : Bac +5 / Master
Télétravail ponctuel autorisé

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