Remote Lead ML & Perception Engineer for Robotics

Ladders; United States; On-site; USD 235,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare

Retirement benefits with employer 401k

Paid parental leave

Flexible vacation policy

Wellness program

Visa sponsorship not available

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Lead ML/Perception Engineer to join a leader in the Manufacturing & Automotive space. The role drives architectural updates to the perception stack, focusing on scalability, robustness, and real-time performance in a remote US-based environment.

You will collaborate across cross-functional teams, own scene detection capabilities, and guide the integration of large-scale multimodal models to improve semantic understanding under challenging operating conditions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years with real-world robotic systems and high-quality code
• Master's degree in Robotics, CS, or related field
• Experience leading architectural decisions for perception or autonomy software stacks
• Proficiency in C/C++/Python and Linux development
• Hands-on experience with ML/DL frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow
• Direct experience with large-scale multi-modal models for perception applications
• Knowledge of real-time computer vision including object detection and classification

Responsibilities

• Lead development of software and system requirements with cross-functional teams
• Drive major architectural updates to the perception stack to enhance scalability and performance
• Own scene detection capabilities focusing on classifying scenarios and runtime behavior
• Enhance robustness of perception systems under adverse weather and sensor degradation
• Design and implement advanced perception features with industrial-grade code quality
• Integrate large-scale models to improve semantic understanding within the perception stack
• Oversee technical performance trends of perception systems in real-world applications

Skills

C/C++/Python

Linux

ML/DL frameworks

Real-time CV

Perception systems

Robotics

Education

Master's degree in Robotics/CS or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Lead ML/Perception Engineer to join a leader in the Manufacturing & Automotive space. The role drives architectural updates to the perception stack, focusing on scalability, robustness, and real-time performance in a remote US-based environment.

You will collaborate across cross-functional teams, own scene detection capabilities, and guide the integration of large-scale multimodal models to improve semantic understanding under challenging operating conditions.