Senior Staff Software Engineer, Perception

AeroVect; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace technology company in Amsterdam is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer skilled in architecting multi-modal 2D/3D object detection models. The ideal candidate will have a Master's or PhD in a relevant field and over 5 years of experience. Key responsibilities include developing data collection pipelines, training and deploying models, and mentoring junior engineers. This role requires teamwork and autonomous project management, offering the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies in autonomous systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of focused experience in architecting and deploying 2D/3D object detection models.
• Experienced with the entire perception stack including sensing, preprocessing, detection & tracking.
• Ability to lead projects autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Architect 3D object detection models using multi-modal approaches.
• Build and maintain data collection and evaluation metrics pipeline.
• Train, deploy, and monitor object detection models to production.

Skills

Architecting 2D/3D object detection models

Python proficiency

Mentoring engineers

Experience with entire perception stack

Education

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Deep Learning

Job description

Who We Are

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top‑tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com.

You Will

• Architect 3D object detection models, including multi‑modal approaches (camera, LiDAR, Radar).
• Build and maintain data collection and evaluation (metrics) pipeline.
• Develop a proprietary multi‑modal dataset for training and evaluation.
• Train, deploy and monitor 2D/3D object detection models to production.
• Experiment with SOTA models’ performance.
• Mentor junior engineers about best practices.

You Have

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Deep Learning, or a related field.
• 5+ years of focused experience in architecting and deploying 2D/3D object detection models.
• Experienced with the entire perception stack (sensing, preprocessing, detection & tracking).
• Python proficiency.
• The ability to lead projects autonomously.

We Prefer

• PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related discipline.
• Publications in major conferences like CVPR, ICRA, NeurIPS, IJCAI, AAAI, etc.