Edge AI Perception Lead Engineer (Real-Time CV)

Wild West Systems, Inc.; Leander (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision and Dental

401(k)

Job summary

Wild West Systems is seeking an AI / Perception Lead Engineer to own the perception layer of our autonomy stack. You will build real-time computer vision and sensor fusion systems that run on constrained edge hardware and deploy from concept → prototype → field deployment, working across software, hardware, and real-world testing.

This is not a research-only role. You will take perception systems through concept to field deployment, collaborating across disciplines and owning production-grade

Qualifications

• Experience with real-time CV models and sensor fusion for edge devices.
• Ability to train, fine-tune, and deploy perception models.
• Familiarity with edge inference optimization and embedded deployment.
• ITAR eligibility as described in the posting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy real-time object detection, classification, and tracking systems.
• Improve robustness under real-world conditions (motion blur, occlusion, lighting).
• Integrate perception outputs into downstream autonomy systems.

Skills

YOLO

Transformers

Tracking systems

Edge inference

TensorRT

ONNX

Real-time video pipelines

Model training & deployment

Multi-object tracking

Roboflow pipelines

Embedded deployment

Hailo accelerators

Tools

ByteTrack

DeepSORT

Roboflow

TensorRT

ONNX

Job description

Wild West Systems is seeking an AI / Perception Lead Engineer to own the perception layer of our autonomy stack. You will build real-time computer vision and sensor fusion systems that run on constrained edge hardware and deploy from concept → prototype → field deployment, working across software, hardware, and real-world testing.

This is not a research-only role. You will take perception systems through concept to field deployment, collaborating across disciplines and owning production-grade