CareerPlan

Computer Vision Engineer

New York CityFull-time$180k–$220k2026-11-07
Hybrid · United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Design and build perception systems for autonomous drone fleets, enabling real-time situational awareness, object detection, and shared world modeling in contested environments.

Role type

Senior IC Computer Vision Engineer (Autonomous Systems)

Builds

Edge-AI perception pipelines for multi-drone warfare platforms

Domain

Defense technology / Autonomous aerial systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Computer vision, Deep learning, Object detection, SLAM, Visual odometry, 3D scene understanding, Python, C++, Embedded systems programming, Multi-sensor fusion, Model deployment on edge hardware

Preferred skills

Ph.D. in relevant field, Drone/aerial systems experience, GNSS-denied navigation, Simulation-to-real workflows, NVIDIA Jetson/Qualcomm deployment, Defense tech startup background

Technologies

Python, C++, NVIDIA Jetson, Qualcomm

Responsibilities

Design vision-based situational awareness systems, Build shared world models across drone fleets, Implement object detection and tracking pipelines, Develop semantic scene understanding, Design multi-agent perception architectures, Deploy algorithms on edge compute hardware

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC