Humanoid is the first AI and robotics company in the UK, creating the world’s most advanced, reliable, commercially scalable, and safe humanoid robots. Our first humanoid robot HMND 01 is a next-gen labour automation unit, providing highly efficient services across various use cases, starting with industrial applications.
We are looking for the Senior Perception Engineer - Spatial Understanding & Navigation to join our team based in London, UK.
What You'll Do
* Develop next-generation spatial understanding systems for robot locomotion and manipulation, integrating perception and high-level reasoning.
* Work on open-ended navigation powered by Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models — enabling robots to understand context, predict intent, and act in complex, dynamic environments.
* Design and scale auto-labeling and large-scale data pipelines to train and evaluate multimodal models for navigation and interaction.
* Develop and implement scene understanding and 3D reconstruction methods that give robots persistent spatial memory and geometric awareness.
* Collaborate with cross-functional research and engineering teams to bring large vision-language models into real-world robotic systems.
* Stay ahead of the field — rapidly evaluate new model architectures, benchmarks, and datasets to guide our embodied AI roadmap
What We're Looking For
* Deep experience in machine learning for vision or embodied AI, ideally with large models (VLMs, VLAs, transformers, diffusion, or multi-modal architectures).
* Strong background in scene understanding, spatial reasoning, or 3D reconstruction from visual data.
* Proficiency in PyTorch and hands-on experience building, fine-tuning, and deploying large-scale ML systems.
* Strong experimental and research skills — capable of taking projects from concept to model training, evaluation, and robot integration.
* Comfortable working in a fast-moving, research-driven environment with evolving models, data, and tools.
What We Offer
* Competitive salary plus participation in our Stock Option Plan
* Paid vacation with adjustments based on your location to comply with local labor laws
* Travel opportunities to our Vancouver and Boston offices
* Private Health Insurance
* Office perks: free breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and regular team events
* Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives
* Collaboration with top‑tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics
* Startup culture prioritising speed, transparency, and minimal bureaucracy