Arctic Perception Engineer: Edge AI for Autonomous Systems

Arctic Research and Development; Nordown; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Private health insurance

Equity options for early employees

Real field exposure to Arctic sites

Mission-driven culture

Job summary

Arctic Research and Development is seeking a Perception Engineer to build eyes for autonomous systems operating in the Arctic's harsh environments. You will deploy ML models on edge hardware at -40°C to enable reliable perception where traditional stacks fail.

Design and deploy perception pipelines, fuse sensor data, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to field-test in Arctic conditions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years industry experience in robotics, autonomy, or real-world ML perception systems.
• Strong foundation in computer vision, SLAM, and multi-sensor fusion.
• Proficiency in Python and C++ with production-grade engineering practices.
• Experience with perception frameworks (ROS / ROS2, OpenCV, PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.).
• Willingness to operate in safe but extreme cold environments during R&D field testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy perception pipelines for Arctic autonomous platforms (surface, subsurface, aerial)
• Fuse multi-modal sensor data (vision, LiDAR, radar, IMU, GNSS) for situational awareness and autonomy
• Build ML models for ice classification, terrain mapping, and obstacle detection in low-visibility conditions
• Train, evaluate, and harden ML models against snow cover, ice glare, low sun angles, and polar night conditions
• Create synthetic training data and simulation environments for Arctic-specific scenarios
• Work closely with mechanical, electrical, RF, and autonomy teams to co-design sensor placement, calibration, and integration
• Support field deployments in the Arctic and iterate rapidly based on real-world data

Skills

Robotics

Autonomy

ML perception

Python

C++

ROS/ROS2

OpenCV

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Arctic Research and Development is seeking a Perception Engineer to build eyes for autonomous systems operating in the Arctic's harsh environments. You will deploy ML models on edge hardware at -40°C to enable reliable perception where traditional stacks fail.

Design and deploy perception pipelines, fuse sensor data, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to field-test in Arctic conditions.