3 hours ago
Base Salary
$165k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Evaluate emerging perception models and methods against representative sensor data and autonomy needs.
- Build prototypes and experiments to assess model strengths, limitations, and deployment opportunities.
- Combine learned and classical approaches for detection, tracking, geometric vision, and sensor fusion.
- Develop Python and C++ software and optimize perception capabilities for edge deployment.
- Integrate, verify, document, and deliver reusable perception capabilities in the Hivemind SDK.
- Support adoption of delivered capabilities by other teams.
Requirements
- PhD in computer vision, machine learning, robotics, or a related field, or an equivalent record of advanced research and hands-on engineering.
- Research depth in multimodal vision, visual foundation models, video understanding, open-vocabulary perception, embodied learning, or a related area.
- Strong Python skills and experience with PyTorch or a comparable machine learning framework.
- Experience building substantial research software and interest in developing production-quality C++.
- Ability to design thoughtful experiments, evaluate data, and analyze model failures.
- Preferred experience includes research-to-production development, robotics, real sensors, temporal data, multi-sensor perception, vision-language models, vision-language-action models, embodied AI, C++, edge inference, ONNX, TensorRT, or CUDA.
- Recent PhD graduates and early-career researchers are encouraged to apply; applicants need not meet every preferred qualification or be expert C++ engineers.
Benefits
- Full-time regular employees receive pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.
- Temporary employees receive pay within the listed range and a temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment.
- Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
- Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.
Categories
ML EngineeringRobotics
About Shield AI
Shield AI builds autonomous systems for military and national security customers, combining its Hivemind autonomy software with V-BAT and X-BAT unmanned aircraft and Aechelon simulation technologies. The privately held company sells hardware, software, and related services to U.S. and allied defense agencies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Diego, it operates across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, and its technology is used in operational deployments.