Real-Time Aerial Perception Engineer (Edge CV)

Askari Defense; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Askari Defense is seeking a capable robotics software engineer to design and deploy real-time vision models for autonomous aerial systems. You will optimize CNNs/Transformers with CUDA and TensorRT on Jetson hardware, and integrate perception into the autonomy stack via ROS 2.

You will write production-ready C++ for time-critical edge processing and participate in field tests for rapid model iteration. The role emphasizes hands-on development, embedded deployment, and collaboration with a small

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field plus 1+ years of industry or applied robotics experience, or an M.S. in CS, Robotics, Computer Vision, or a related discipline.
• Experience training and fine-tuning vision models (CNNs, Vision Transformers, detection/tracking).
• Proficiency in C++ for performance-sensitive systems.
• Hands-on GPU programming or profiling experience (CUDA preferred; coursework or projects count).

Responsibilities

• Design, train, and deploy real-time vision models for detection, classification, tracking, and state estimation on fast-moving aerial targets.
• Optimize networks and CV algorithms with CUDA and TensorRT to hit end-to-end latency on NVIDIA Jetson Orin-class hardware.
• Integrate perception into our autonomy stack using ROS 2 and write production-quality C++ for real-time processing.
• Deploy, benchmark, and maintain models on embedded edge compute aboard autonomous vehicles.
• Join field tests and data collection, then turn what you see on the range into the next model iteration within days, not quarters.

Skills

C++ programming

Vision model training

GPU programming

ROS 2 familiarity

Real-time systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Robotics/EE

Master's degree in CS/Robotics/Computer Vision

Tools

CUDA

TensorRT

Jetson Orin/Xavier

Job description

Askari Defense is seeking a capable robotics software engineer to design and deploy real-time vision models for autonomous aerial systems. You will optimize CNNs/Transformers with CUDA and TensorRT on Jetson hardware, and integrate perception into the autonomy stack via ROS 2.

You will write production-ready C++ for time-critical edge processing and participate in field tests for rapid model iteration. The role emphasizes hands-on development, embedded deployment, and collaboration with a small