Space Perception Engineer II/III - Real-Time Vision

Lodestar; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lodestar is hiring a Software Engineer II/III - Perception to join the perception and machine vision teams. You will rapidly grow vision models for MITHRIL’s center, building and refining algorithms to detect and classify unknown space targets in real time.

You’ll work with senior engineers to combine computer vision, image processing and ML to develop models that enable autonomous decision-making in complex space environments. This mid-career role emphasizes ownership and fast learning.

Qualifications

• Solid Python and C++ software engineering skills with practical CV/ML experience.
• Foundational DNN/ML knowledge and work with CV libraries like OpenCV.
• Bachelor's or Master's in AI/ML, CS, Robotics or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2-5 years in ML, robotics, CV, or related field; internships count.
• Experience taking ML models from training to evaluation in real settings.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the perception system at the core of Lodestar's autonomy software suite
• Work through the full lifecycle of perception algorithms with senior engineers
• Build and optimize models for edge computing and guidance from leads
• Help predict relative pose of dynamic space targets in challenging visuals
• Integrate perception models into simulation environments and real-time autonomy pipelines
• Contribute to sensor models and digital twins to improve fidelity
• Maintain and extend perception tooling, training infra, and evaluation frameworks
• Collaborate with autonomy, estimation, and mission software teams for fidelity and performance

Skills

Python

C++

OpenCV

ML basics

Education

BSc/MSc in CS/AI/Robotics

Tools

CUDA

TensorRT

Job description

Lodestar is hiring a Software Engineer II/III - Perception to join the perception and machine vision teams. You will rapidly grow vision models for MITHRIL’s center, building and refining algorithms to detect and classify unknown space targets in real time.

You’ll work with senior engineers to combine computer vision, image processing and ML to develop models that enable autonomous decision-making in complex space environments. This mid-career role emphasizes ownership and fast learning.