Lead ML & Computer Vision Engineer

AV; Centreville (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AV’s LEAP group in the MacCready Works division seeks a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to guide ML/CV efforts and mentor junior engineers. You will lead end-to-end development across design, prototyping, testing, and integration for defense and commercial projects.

The role emphasizes hands-on implementation in PyTorch/OpenCV, collaboration across teams, and scalable ML solutions for complex perception tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related Science or Engineering discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience in machine learning and/or computer vision.
• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of computer vision and machine learning (ML) algorithms to address wide range of technically challenging problems, including detection, classification, localization, and tracking objects from various sensor platforms.
• Maintain awareness of relevant academic literature, commercial products, and open source projects to keep solutions cutting edge.
• Advise on and support design of software infrastructure and DevOps processes to support ML needs.
• Implement ML algorithms and validate designs through designed experiments.
• Analyze ML algorithms and errors of trained models and design strategies to overcome them.
• Select appropriate datasets and data representations; supervise data acquisition if required.
• Coordinate activities of others and manage resources to meet deadlines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

C/C++

Python

PyTorch

OpenCV

Linux

ONNX

scikit-learn

pandas

Computer Vision

Machine Learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Physics

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

PyTorch

OpenCV

Job description

AV’s LEAP group in the MacCready Works division seeks a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to guide ML/CV efforts and mentor junior engineers. You will lead end-to-end development across design, prototyping, testing, and integration for defense and commercial projects.

The role emphasizes hands-on implementation in PyTorch/OpenCV, collaboration across teams, and scalable ML solutions for complex perception tasks.