Lead Perception Engineer - Onsite Robotics & Vision Lead

Motion Recruitment; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Lead Perception Engineer to drive advanced computer vision and AI-powered perception for autonomous robotics in automotive service. You will lead the team, architect perception systems, and own model training, experimentation, and real-world deployment.

Ideal candidates have 8–10 years in robotics CV, strong Python/C++/Rust, and hands-on experience with PyTorch, OpenCV, ROS 2, and sensor fusion. On-site opportunity with a data-rich automotive environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8–10 years of professional software engineering in robotics and computer vision.
• 2–3 years in technical leadership (Team Lead / Tech Lead).
• Proven experience deploying perception systems for robotics or industrial automation.
• Proficient in Python, C/C++, and/or Rust with production-quality software for autonomous systems.
• Strong experience with PyTorch and CV libraries (OpenCV, PCL, Open3D, CUDA).
• Experience training and deploying ML models and understanding CNNs, ResNet, LSTMs, Transformers, ViT.
• Experience with multimodal AI models (VLMs, VLA).
• Robotics fundamentals: kinematics, sensor calibration, perception pipeline design.
• 3D geometry, multi-view geometry, filtering, tracking, real-time CV.
• Designing high-throughput, low-latency perception pipelines.
• Ability to evaluate sensor tech and define testing/validation strategies.
• Hands-on debugging of complex robotic systems and HW-SW integration.
• Strong technical communication, collaboration, and mentorship skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the perception engineering team through full development lifecycle from concept to production.
• Define technical direction and architecture of the perception stack.
• Develop CV and ML solutions for object detection, tracking, localization, and 3D reconstruction.
• Evaluate and integrate LiDAR, TOF, stereo and RGB/RGB-D cameras.
• Build scalable data collection and evaluation pipelines with real-world and synthetic data.
• Train, optimize, and deploy deep learning models including CNNs and ViT.
• Design high-throughput, low-latency perception pipelines for real-time robotics.
• Establish performance metrics, testing, validation, and sensor calibration.
• Collaborate across mechanical, systems, mechatronics, software, and QA teams.
• Mentor engineers and drive best practices in software architecture and documentation.
• Iterate perception algorithms based on field feedback.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Rust

PyTorch

OpenCV

PCL

Open3D

CUDA

ROS 2

Team Leadership

Education

Master’s or PhD in CS/CV/ML

Tools

PyTorch

OpenCV

PCL

Open3D

CUDA

LiDAR

ROS 2

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Lead Perception Engineer to drive advanced computer vision and AI-powered perception for autonomous robotics in automotive service. You will lead the team, architect perception systems, and own model training, experimentation, and real-world deployment.

Ideal candidates have 8–10 years in robotics CV, strong Python/C++/Rust, and hands-on experience with PyTorch, OpenCV, ROS 2, and sensor fusion. On-site opportunity with a data-rich automotive environment.