Staff Software Engineer, Perception (R5421)
Core
Lead technical development of advanced machine learning solutions for perception in autonomous systems, bridging cutting-edge AI research with scalable production systems.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer, Perception (Machine Learning)
Builds
Production-ready perception capabilities for autonomous aerial and ground systems
Domain
Defense technology, Autonomous Systems, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning fundamentals, Computer vision, Model training and deployment, Data pipeline engineering, Model evaluation and validation, Embedded systems optimization, Architecture design, Cross-functional collaboration, Technical mentorship, Research-to-production translation
Preferred skills
Vision-language models (VLM), Vision-language-action models (VLA), Supervised fine-tuning (SFT), ONNX, TensorRT
Technologies
ONNX, TensorRT, Hardware-accelerated inference frameworks
Responsibilities
Design, train, fine-tune, and maintain state-of-the-art vision and vision-language models; Build scalable data pipelines and evaluation loops; Deploy and optimize ML models for embedded hardware; Translate research into production-ready capabilities; Develop benchmarks and testing methodologies; Improve training infrastructure and deployment workflows
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
