Autonomy & Perception Engineer: Vision & Multi-Sensor AI

Mach Industries; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

A cutting-edge defense technology firm in Huntington Beach is seeking a Perception Engineer to develop autonomous systems for contested environments. The role includes designing advanced perception systems, optimizing algorithms for real-time applications, and working with multi-sensor inputs. Candidates should have extensive experience in C++ and Python, and a strong background in machine learning and image processing. This position offers competitive compensation and benefits, aligning with national security objectives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in relevant fields.
• Hands-on with model compression and optimization.
• Experience diving into CUDA backends for performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design, train, and deploy vision and multi-sensor perception systems.
• Build and refine detection architectures for multi-spectral imagery.
• Optimize models for real-time embedded inference.

Skills

Production C++ on Linux

Python for ML/tooling

Modern detection/segmentation/tracking

Profiling and optimization

EO/IR imagery experience

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/EE/Robotics or equivalent experience

Tools

PyTorch

CUDA

Job description

A cutting-edge defense technology firm in Huntington Beach is seeking a Perception Engineer to develop autonomous systems for contested environments. The role includes designing advanced perception systems, optimizing algorithms for real-time applications, and working with multi-sensor inputs. Candidates should have extensive experience in C++ and Python, and a strong background in machine learning and image processing. This position offers competitive compensation and benefits, aligning with national security objectives.