# Research Engineer / Scientist (SLAM) at World Labs

- Company: World Labs
- What the company does: World Labs is a spatial intelligence company, building frontier models that can perceive, generate, and interact with the 3D world. Backed by NEA and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.worldlabs.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $250K to $350K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-02-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/worldlabs/c379f1c2-4d49-439c-ad41-98790498428b
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/world-labs-research-engineer-scientist-slam/

## About the role

We’re looking for a SLAM Specialist to design, implement, and advance state-of-the-art simultaneous localization and mapping systems that enable accurate, robust spatial understanding from real-world sensor data. This role is focused on modern SLAM techniques—both classical and learning-based—with an emphasis on scalable state estimation, sensor fusion, and long-term mapping in complex, dynamic environments.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years of experience working on SLAM, state estimation, robotics perception, or related areas
- Strong foundation in probabilistic estimation, optimization, and geometric vision (e.g., bundle adjustment, factor graphs, Kalman filtering)
- Deep experience with one or more SLAM paradigms (visual, visual-inertial, lidar, multi-sensor, or hybrid systems)
- Proficiency in Python and/or C++, with hands-on experience building research or production-grade SLAM systems
- Experience with numerical optimization libraries and/or robotics frameworks
- Familiarity with learning-based perception or representation learning and how it can augment classical SLAM pipelines

Tags: Research