Senior Maritime Perception Engineer — Real-Time Edge Fusion

Aelir Inc.; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity vesting over four years with a

one-year cliff

Job summary

Aelir Inc. in Orlando, FL is seeking a Senior Perception Engineer to own the perception stack end to end for maritime sensor fusion. The role focuses on integrating radar, cameras, AIS, and acoustic sensors into a real-time, sealed-edge system with Jetson-class hardware and no cloud fallback.

You will lead embedded Linux development in C++/Python, ROS 2, and real-time data association, with sea trials and marine hardening, working under ITAR constraints.

Qualifications

• 4+ years building production perception, tracking, or sensor fusion systems (or equivalent depth from research).
• Strong modern C++ and Python.
• Probabilistic robotics: Kalman filters, particle filters, factor graphs, data association.
• Real-time systems experience and ROS 2.
• U.S. person (U.S. citizen or permanent resident); ITAR-controlled work.

Responsibilities

• Own multi-sensor fusion architecture: radar, EO/IR, sonar, AIS, and acoustic sensors.
• Real-time multi-target tracking, data association, and track lifecycle management.
• Jetson platform bring-up: board support, sensor drivers, and system integration.
• ROS 2 middleware and software architecture.
• Marine hardening for life at sea; power management under tight budgets.
• Sea trials and field debugging to validate against ground truth.

Skills

C++

Python

ROS 2

Real-time systems

Tools

Embedded Linux

Jetson platform

TensorRT

Networking basics

Job description

Aelir Inc. in Orlando, FL is seeking a Senior Perception Engineer to own the perception stack end to end for maritime sensor fusion. The role focuses on integrating radar, cameras, AIS, and acoustic sensors into a real-time, sealed-edge system with Jetson-class hardware and no cloud fallback.

You will lead embedded Linux development in C++/Python, ROS 2, and real-time data association, with sea trials and marine hardening, working under ITAR constraints.