Maritime Perception Systems Architect (Edge ML)

Huntington Ingalls Industries; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 118,372 - 169,104; Full time

Job summary

HII Unmanned Systems is seeking a Perception Architect to design and integrate sensor perception across maritime platforms, including REMUS and ROMULUS. You will craft architectures for AI/ML pipelines, sensor fusion, and edge deployments to meet mission requirements.

Responsibilities include developing interfaces for autonomous sensors, collaborating with customers to capture requirements, and maturing system designs through simulation and field testing.

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 7 years with a Master’s; 4 years with a PhD; or 13 years with a high school diploma or equivalent.
• MS or PhD in Computer Engineering, Robotic Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent, or 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Prior experience with software development.
• Prior experience with autonomous platforms.
• Understanding of multiple sensor modalities and underlying physics (e.g., EO, IR, lidar, radar, sonar, acoustics).
• Understanding of detection, classification, and identification phenomenology.
• Experience training and deploying ML algorithms (Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Experience with estimation, tracking, and fusion algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Architect and adapt cutting‑edge AI/ML algorithms running on the Odyssey perception autonomy stack.
• Architect real‑time tracking and sensor fusion systems.
• Create interfacing software to autonomously control sensors.
• Interact with customers to understand their use cases and requirements.
• Drive execution of simulation tooling to exercise perception pipelines.
• Build and optimize AI/ML pipelines on edge hardware.
• Participate in field testing and rapid hardware iteration.

Skills

ML algorithms

Sensor fusion

Real-time systems

Autonomous platforms

Edge computing

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

System architecture

Education

MS/PhD in Computer Engineering/Robotics/CS or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree + 9+ years experience

High school diploma + 13+ years experience

Tools

Odyssey perception autonomy stack

Real-time systems toolkit

Job description

HII Unmanned Systems is seeking a Perception Architect to design and integrate sensor perception across maritime platforms, including REMUS and ROMULUS. You will craft architectures for AI/ML pipelines, sensor fusion, and edge deployments to meet mission requirements.

Responsibilities include developing interfaces for autonomous sensors, collaborating with customers to capture requirements, and maturing system designs through simulation and field testing.