Senior Autonomous Perception Engineer - Sensor Fusion

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Farmington Hills (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

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Job summary

GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, seeks a Senior Autonomous Perception Engineer to design and implement perception algorithms for autonomous vehicles. You will fuse LiDAR, camera, radar, and GNSS data, develop robust multi-sensor methods, and optimize real-time performance onsite in Detroit, MI.

The role emphasizes calibration, multi-object tracking, and deployment with ROS2, OpenCV, PyTorch, and CUDA, contributing to cutting-edge perception solutions within a global engineering team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in sensor calibration, multi-sensor fusion, or related domains.
• Strong foundation in linear algebra, 3D geometry, coordinate frames, quaternions, probability, Bayesian filtering, and data association.
• Hands-on experience with intrinsic and extrinsic calibration of LiDAR, cameras, and radar, including geometric calibration, coordinate transforms, and sensor synchronization.
• Proven experience with perception algorithms for autonomous systems, particularly in LiDAR, camera, radar, GNSS, or other sensor modalities.
• Deep understanding of LiDAR technology, point cloud data structures, and processing techniques; experience with PCL or Open3D.
• Proficiency in sensor fusion for combining data from LiDAR, camera, radar, and GNSS, including handling time synchronization and motion distortion.
• Solid background in computer vision techniques; experience with OpenCV and object detection models such as YOLO, Faster R-CNN, or SSD.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow or PyTorch) for object detection and tracking tasks.
• Hands-on experience with multi-object tracking algorithms such as SORT, DeepSORT, Kalman Filters, UKF, IMM, or JPDA.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced perception algorithms for autonomous vehicles using LiDAR, cameras, radar, and GNSS.
• Develop and optimize sensor fusion techniques to combine data from multiple sensors, improving the accuracy and reliability of perception systems.
• Create algorithms for object detection, tracking, semantic segmentation, and classification from 3D point clouds (LiDAR) and camera data.
• Develop sensor calibration techniques (intrinsic and extrinsic) and coordinate transformations between sensors.
• Develop robust perception algorithms that maintain performance in adverse weather conditions such as rain, snow, fog, and low-light scenarios.
• Participate in real-time systems design and optimization to meet the high-performance requirements of autonomous driving.
• Work with ROS2 for integration and deployment of perception algorithms.
• Develop, test, and deploy machine learning models for perception tasks such as object detection and tracking.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate perception algorithms into larger autonomous systems.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to innovate and improve perception systems.

Skills

Sensor calibration

Multi-sensor fusion

3D geometry

Coordinate transforms

OpenCV

PyTorch

C++

ROS2

CUDA

Tools

PCL

Open3D

YOLO

Faster R-CNN

Kalman Filters

Job description

GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, seeks a Senior Autonomous Perception Engineer to design and implement perception algorithms for autonomous vehicles. You will fuse LiDAR, camera, radar, and GNSS data, develop robust multi-sensor methods, and optimize real-time performance onsite in Detroit, MI.

The role emphasizes calibration, multi-object tracking, and deployment with ROS2, OpenCV, PyTorch, and CUDA, contributing to cutting-edge perception solutions within a global engineering team.