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Senior Manager, Perception (R5914)

Washington, D.C.💼 Full-time🗓 2025-08-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a technical team developing perception algorithms, sensor fusion, and state estimation for autonomous aerospace and defense systems.

Role type

Senior Manager, Perception (Technical Lead)

Builds

Robust vehicle pose and surroundings estimates for real-world missions using AI and classical estimation.

Domain

Defense, Aerospace, Robotics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C++ development, sensor fusion, state estimation, probabilistic robotics, signal processing, team management, DoD sensor payload integration, Unix environments

Preferred skills

Autonomous behavior planning, unmanned air systems, high-fidelity simulation, Kalman Filters, Factor Graphs, Computer Vision (OpenCV), sensor effects control algorithms, object detection pipelines

Technologies

C++, OpenCV, Unix, High-fidelity simulation environments

Responsibilities

Lead teams across autonomy, integration, and testing; write production quality C++ software; produce A-PNT systems; extend state estimation frameworks; write test and analyzer code; collaborate on hardware validation; enhance sensor models in simulation.

Seniority

Senior Manager, hands-on technical leadership

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