Arctic Perception Engineer: Edge ML for Autonomous Systems

Arctic Research and Development; Nordown; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Insurance

Dental & Optician

Equity — meaningful options as anearly

Real field exposure — Arctic travel

Job summary

Arctic Research and Development in the UK seeks a Perception Engineer to design and deploy perception pipelines for autonomous platforms operating in extreme cold.

You will fuse multi-modal sensor data and build ML models for ice and terrain, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to field-test in Arctic environments. This role demands hands-on work with real sensors and field deployments.

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.).
• Comfort working with real sensors, calibration workflows, and noisy data.
• A track record of shipping perception systems that work outside controlled environments.
• 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

Python

C++

ROS/ROS2

OpenCV

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Sensor fusion

Computer vision

SLAM

Job description

Arctic Research and Development in the UK seeks a Perception Engineer to design and deploy perception pipelines for autonomous platforms operating in extreme cold.

You will fuse multi-modal sensor data and build ML models for ice and terrain, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to field-test in Arctic environments. This role demands hands-on work with real sensors and field deployments.