Tokyo

Senior Software Engineer - Perception

Tokyo
No Remote
Full-time
November 12, 2026

Apply from Japan Only

No relocation to Japan

Japanese: Not Required

Senior or above

Rapyuta Robotics, an ETH Zurich spin-off, operates with the goal of making robots more accessible to anyone in the logistics industry. Rapyuta Robotics seeks individuals who involve others because they know the limits of their own view, and who are fearless in challenging limits to create real impact.

As the Senior Software Engineer for Perception in the Robotic Arm squad at Rapyuta Robotics, you will take on technical ownership of the perception capabilities for robotic arm systems: camera integration, calibration, image and point-cloud processing, object detection and segmentation, and 6DoF pose estimation. You will be a part of the robotic arm software platform and work closely with arm product teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Own architecture, implementation priorities, and delivery within the scope.
Lead software development and integration of classical computer vision and learning-based perception capabilities for robotic arms.
Establish data collection, fine-tuning, and deployment pipelines for perception models.
Mentor and maintain engineering quality through design and code reviews.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience developing and deploying perception systems for robotic applications.
Solid knowledge of classical computer vision, camera hardware interfacing and calibration, RGBD and point-cloud processing and transport.
Hands-on experience with modern perception models, including foundation models for segmentation and 6DoF object pose estimation.
Experience with MLOps, dataset curation and versioning, annotation workflows, model fine-tuning, versioning and deployment.
Knowledge of the development lifecycle for robotics, CI/CD, simulation and hardware testing, and deployment to physical systems.
Experience optimizing perception pipelines for edge hardware.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package
Globally diverse workplace
Exposure to cutting-edge robotics technology
Visa sponsorship
Relocation support
Commuting allowance
Flexible working hours and dress code policy
Japanese Social Security (Health Insurance, Pension, Employment Insurance)

About Rapyuta Robotics

Rapyuta Robotics is a global technology startup that builds cloud robotics solutions. Their goal is to empower lives through connected machines so humans can focus on intellectually challenging and creative work. They have around 110 employees across their offices in Japan and India.

While improvements in technology are helping to make robotics more accessible to markets, the ability to integrate all the required expertise remains a barrier for most companies. Rapyuta Robotics is building a platform to make robots more attainable and useful to anyone.

Their platform makes it easy for businesses to deploy robotics solutions without needing in-house robotics expertise. By integrating robot hardware, software, sensor data, and applications in the cloud — where powerful data centers manage the heavy computation — Rapyuta’s platform lets end-users focus on their business processes instead of on managing robot hardware or software infrastructure.

Empowering Lives with Connected Machines.
Rapyuta Robotics strongly believes that the dirty, dull, and dangerous work should be automated and people should be given an option to take up more intellectually challenging and creative work. They aim to enable this automation with machines that are connected and coordinated.

They hope that robotics will not exclude people, but work for them as a familiar partner, creating new ways of working and new revenue opportunities.