Autonomy ML Lead: Perception & Flight AI

Xwing; Santa Cruz (CA); On-site; USD 181,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Joby Advanced Development seeks an Autonomy Senior Machine Learning Engineer to design and build perception and reasoning algorithms for the Superpilot autonomy stack. You will train perception models, develop robust perception software for autonomous flight, and apply data-centric AI for simulation and sensing with cameras, lidars, and radar.

You will collaborate with sensing, controls, and flight software engineers to build fast, safe iterations across multiple aircraft programs.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in machine learning.
• Experience in developing software and systems for autonomous vehicles.
• Strong proficiency in python.
• Extensive practical knowledge of state-of-art models for real-time perception.
• Deep understanding of 3D computer vision and machine learning for video.
• Ability to invent and quickly prototype technical solutions in autonomy.
• Proven ability to document complex technical designs, architectural trade-offs, and implementation roadmaps.
• Champion of software best practices, including rigorous code reviews and mentorship.
• Excellent communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Autonomy ML Development: Design, train, and maintain state-of-the-art ML models for perception on autonomous aircraft.
• Autonomy Technical Solutions: Optimize and tune real-time AI perception algorithms for autonomous aircraft.
• Contribute to software development for data management, annotation, and curation; modeling, simulation, and analysis tooling.
• Collaborate with the Superpilot team to ideate, plan and execute high-quality, integrated solutions.
• Monitor system health and performance, addressing issues and providing user support.

Skills

Python

Machine learning

3D computer vision

Communication

Mentorship

Education

Degree in computer science or related field

Tools

MLflow

Kubeflow

ROS2

C++

Job description

Joby Advanced Development seeks an Autonomy Senior Machine Learning Engineer to design and build perception and reasoning algorithms for the Superpilot autonomy stack. You will train perception models, develop robust perception software for autonomous flight, and apply data-centric AI for simulation and sensing with cameras, lidars, and radar.

You will collaborate with sensing, controls, and flight software engineers to build fast, safe iterations across multiple aircraft programs.