CareerPlan

Senior ML Engineer, Perception

San FranciscoFull-time$190k–$222k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-09
On-site · United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Lead perception engineering for autonomous defense systems, owning the stack from detection and tracking to sensor fusion for real hardware in field conditions.

Role type

Senior IC machine-learning engineer (perception/autonomy)

Builds

Autonomous systems with embedded perception capabilities

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Robotics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, C++, computer vision, detection, real-time tracking, sensor fusion, ML model deployment, embedded optimization

Preferred skills

EO/IR, radar/RF perception, aerial target tracking, moving-camera compensation, thermal imagery

Technologies

TensorRT, ONNX

Responsibilities

Set perception architecture for detection, tracking, classification, and sensor fusion; Develop ML models and training pipelines; Deploy models to embedded devices; Optimize real-time performance for latency constraints; Work with robotics, controls, and hardware engineers; Mentor perception engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC