Senior Staff Perception Engineer

About The Work

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of 6-8 software engineers
• Architect high level object detection strategies for multi-purpose humanoid object detection
• Stay up to date with cutting edge research in the fields of perception and machine learning
• Collaborate with cross functional teams, including controls, manipulation, hardware design, and application engineering, to create multi-purpose perception modules
• Drive best practices for development, review, testing, and deployment that will ensure high-quality releases to production
• Grow the team by sourcing, hiring, and onboarding highly talented and passionate engineers

About You

• At least 6 years of industry experience developing/deploying object detection algorithms on mobile robots with at least 2 years of experience managing a team of 5 or more engineers
• 2+ years of experience developing, training, and deploying advanced machine-learning models for object segmentation, classification, and tracking. Models you trained have been deployed on mobile robots or were the focus of an academic publication. 
• Strong proficiency in related technical areas such as (but not limited to) deep convolutional neural networks and supervised learning
• Strong mathematical fundamentals in 3D geometry, linear algebra, probability theory, and numerical optimization
• Experience with multi-modal sensor fusion, multi object tracking, and pose estimation
• Familiarity with common computer vision and machine learning libraries such as (but not limited to) PyTorch, OpenCV, etc.
• Strong software experience in modern C++ and Python with a history of delivering production quality code that is observable and extensible 
• Experience with MLOps such as (but not limited to) data annotation services, data storage, model evaluation tools, and model deployment. 
• Ability to communicate technical information effectively both orally and in writing with other team members
• Experience in hiring diverse teams, creating an inclusive environment and retaining top talent
• Experience solving difficult open ended problems that are on the line between research and engineering
• Exposure to standard agile and software development processes (issue tracking tools (Jira), feature branching, version control (Git), continuous integration and deployment)
• Authorization to work in the USA

Bonus Points

• Experience working with various sensing technologies (monocular cameras, stereo cameras, lidar, etc.)
• Experience with GPU Programming (eg. CUDA, OpenGL)
• Experience with semi-supervised/unsupervised learning
• Familiarity with SLAM/latest mapping techniques
• Experience working with humanoid (or similar) robots. 
• Experience with perception for mobile manipulators
• Publications in your field (CVPR, RSS, ICCV, ECCV, IRCA, IROS preferred)