Perception Engineer (LiDAR & Radar)

Evolved; City of Elmira (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolved Aerospace seeks a Perception Engineer (LiDAR and Radar) to architect and deploy AI systems for real-time operation across onboard and offboard components. You will focus on performance, reliability, and real-world deployment in challenging environments.

Responsibilities span processing LiDAR, EO, radar, and IMU data in real time, developing obstacle and terrain extraction, and building perception-to-autonomy interfaces.

Qualifications

• Experience processing LiDAR, radar, and related sensor data in real time.
• Experience with real-time sensor fusion and ROS2 pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Process LiDAR, EO, radar, and IMU data in real time.
• Develop obstacle, terrain, and structure extraction.
• Build perception-to-autonomy interfaces.
• Optimise pipelines for latency and robustness.
• Collaborate with embedded and CUDA engineers.

Skills

LiDAR processing

Radar processing

Sensor calibration

Real-time C++

Tools

PCL/Open3D

ROS2

Eigen

CUDA (optional)

Job description

Evolved Aerospace develops mission-critical aerospace systems designed for real operational use.

We combine autonomy, software, sensing, and systems integration to deliver capability that performs in contested and constrained environments — not just in test settings.

Our work is guided by a simple principle: platforms are means, not the objective. Mission outcomes define success.

Perception Engineer (LiDar & Radar)

You’ll architect and deploy AI systems spanning onboard and offboard components, focusing on performance, reliability, and real-world deployment.

Responsibilities

• Process LiDAR, EO, radar, and IMU data in real time
• Develop obstacle, terrain, and structure extraction
• Build perception-to-autonomy interfaces
• Optimise pipelines for latency and robustness
• Collaborate with embedded and CUDA engineers

Core Skills

• LiDAR point-cloud processing
• Radar signal processing
• Sensor calibration and coordinate transforms
• Real-time C++ pipelines

Tools & Tech

• PCL / Open3D
• ROS2
• Eigen
• CUDA (optional)

If you’re driven by real-world impact, we’d like to hear from you.

Evolved Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer.