Senior ML Engineer – Computer Vision & Real-Time ATR

avav; Fremont (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Job summary

AeroVironment is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to advance computer vision and ML solutions for defense and commercial applications within the LEAP group of the MacCready Works division. You will develop object detection, tracking, and localization algorithms, and drive end-to-end model development from data collection through validation.

The role requires 5+ years in ML/vision, strong Python/C++ skills, and experience with PyTorch and Nvidia tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related Science or Engineering discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience in machine learning and/or computer vision.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• 5 - 8 years of relevant computer vision experience
• Proficiency with Python and C/C++ required
• Proficiency with a deep learning framework, preferably PyTorch
• Familiarity with Linux and Nvidia Tools (CUDA, JetPack, TensorRT) and deployment to Nvidia Jetson processors and other Nvidia GPUs
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex systems and perform algorithmic optimization
• Ability to perform exploratory data analysis, including visualizing and manipulating large datasets

Responsibilities

• Support development of computer vision and machine learning (ML) algorithms capable of object detection, classifying, localizing, and tracking objects of interest from a variety of stationary and mobile sensor platforms with the primary purpose of real-time automated target recognition (ATR)
• Perform visual imagery data science to inform data collection, data labeling, and data selection for training deep computer vision ML algorithms, train the algorithms using the data, and validate data selection and algorithm design through a series of purpose-designed experiments.
• Write and test software to support the integration of machine learning algorithms into aircraft (such as autopilots, payloads, or other functional components) or other systems
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Python

C/C++

PyTorch

OpenCV

Linux

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Physics or related field

Advanced degree

Tools

CUDA

JetPack

TensorRT

Jetson

scikit-learn

pandas

Job description

AeroVironment is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to advance computer vision and ML solutions for defense and commercial applications within the LEAP group of the MacCready Works division. You will develop object detection, tracking, and localization algorithms, and drive end-to-end model development from data collection through validation.

The role requires 5+ years in ML/vision, strong Python/C++ skills, and experience with PyTorch and Nvidia tools.