Senior Perception Architect – Maritime Autonomy AI

Huntington Ingalls Industries; Pocasset (MA); On-site; USD 124,291 - 177,559; Full time

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries is seeking a Perception Architect to design and integrate sensor perception capabilities across maritime platforms. You will lead AI/ML algorithm development, sensor fusion, and interfacing software for autonomy stacks.

The role requires experience with autonomous platforms, multiple sensor modalities, and real-time systems, with field testing and rapid hardware iteration as part of responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 9 years relevant experience with Bachelor's in related field; 7 years with Masters; 4 years with PhD or JD or 13 years with HS diploma.
• MS or PhD in Computer Engineering, Robotic Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent OR 5+ years of relevant experience
• Prior experience with software development
• Prior experience with autonomous platforms
• Understanding of multiple sensor modalities and underlying physics (EO, IR, lidar, radar, sonar, acoustics)
• Understanding of detection, classification, and identification phenomenology
• Experience training and deploying ML algorithms (Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow)
• Experience with estimation, tracking, and fusion algorithms

Responsibilities

• Architect and adapt cutting-edge AI/ML algorithms running on the Odyssey perception autonomy stack
• Architect real-time tracking and sensor fusion systems
• Create interfacing software to autonomously control sensors
• Interact with the customers to understand their use cases and requirements
• Drive execution of simulation tooling to exercise perception pipelines
• Build and optimize AI/ML pipelines on edge hardware
• Participate in field testing and rapid hardware iteration

Skills

Software development

Autonomous platforms

Sensor modalities

ML algorithms (Python, PyTorch, Tensor

Estimation, tracking, fusion

Education

MS/PhD in Computer Engineering/Robotic Engineering/CS

Bachelor's degree with 9+ years experience

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Huntington Ingalls Industries is seeking a Perception Architect to design and integrate sensor perception capabilities across maritime platforms. You will lead AI/ML algorithm development, sensor fusion, and interfacing software for autonomy stacks.

The role requires experience with autonomous platforms, multiple sensor modalities, and real-time systems, with field testing and rapid hardware iteration as part of responsibilities.