Autonomy Engineering Specialist, Perception

What you'll do

• Develop and implement perception modules for sensor fusion, object detection, tracking, and classification.
• Lead other developers in the design and development of high-quality perception software.
• Solve complex perception problems specifically for mobile off-road machines.
• Document architecture specifications, software design, verification plans, and safety procedures.
• Participate in iterative machine learning training cycles to meet specific perception requirements.
• Debug, test, and maintain perception software using industry-standard tools.
• Analyze code, logs, and sensor data to troubleshoot complex system issues.
• Integrate perception solutions into the existing software stack and hardware platform.

What we're looking for

• Experience with modular perception ML and sensor fusion for autonomous vehicles and robotics.
• Hands-on experience with camera images, lidar, 4D radar point clouds, IMU, GNSS, and machine state data.
• Solid understanding of object detection, drivable area understanding, ground plane segmentation, tracking, and 3D mapping.
• Excellence in C++ and fluency in Python.
• Experience developing computer vision, machine learning, sensor fusion, object detection, and tracking modules.
• Experience with ROS/AIS, OpenCV, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Git, CMake, Docker, and GoogleTest (preferred).
• Experience developing perception and calibration for autonomous vehicles or robotics using lidar, radar, and cameras (typically 7+ years) (preferred).
• Experience working in Agile environments using Azure DevOps or Jira and leveraging AWS cloud technologies (preferred).