Autonomy & Perception Engineering Lead

Wild West Systems Inc.; Leander (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Wild West Systems Inc. in Texas seeks a Software and Autonomy Engineering Lead to own the technical direction for our full autonomy software stack, from embedded firmware through perception and up to targeting behaviors.

You will set architecture and coding standards, mentor a small engineering team, and personally develop perception and autonomy systems from prototyping to field deployment, ensuring robust edge performance in dynamic environments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading or mentoring a software/firmware engineering team.
• Experience with modern computer vision models and training/fine-tuning/deployment.
• Proven track record of edge model optimization.
• Experience with lead-angle calculation for computing aimpoint solutions from tracked target kinematics.
• Experience building human-in-the-loop control interfaces or state machines that facilitate automated tracking and operator authorization.
• Embedded/firmware experience: real-time OS, sensor drivers, and hardware management.
• Experience with real-time video pipelines and multi-sensor fusion.
• Experience with Hailo or similar edge AI accelerators.
• Python, C++ &/OR Rust skills.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and architecture standards spanning firmware and autonomy software.
• Lead, mentor, and help grow a small team of firmware and software engineers.
• Own build vs. buy and make vs. partner decisions for perception and autonomy components.
• Partner with hardware and program management on system-level tradeoffs.
• Develop and deploy real-time object detection, classification, and tracking systems for edge targets.
• Optimize models for edge deployment in constrained environments.
• Build multi-sensor perception pipelines that enable sensor fusion.
• Integrate perception outputs into downstream tracking and effector control systems.
• Oversee firmware architecture for sensor drivers, real-time OS scheduling, and hardware controls.

Skills

Leadership

Computer vision

Edge AI

Python

C++

Rust

Embedded/firmware

Real-time OS

Sensor fusion

Mentoring

Perception & autonomy

Tools

Hailo

Job description

Wild West Systems Inc. in Texas seeks a Software and Autonomy Engineering Lead to own the technical direction for our full autonomy software stack, from embedded firmware through perception and up to targeting behaviors.

You will set architecture and coding standards, mentor a small engineering team, and personally develop perception and autonomy systems from prototyping to field deployment, ensuring robust edge performance in dynamic environments.