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Zipline

Senior or Staff MLE - Droid Perception (Onboard)

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11 days ago
South San Francisco, CA, USASenior / Staff+

Base Salary

$180k - $265k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Implement, train, and evaluate real-time 3D perception models using multiple cameras.
  • Optimize models to run on resource-constrained onboard computers.
  • Develop visualization and evaluation tools to assess model performance.
  • Design data selection pipelines to identify valuable field data for annotation.
  • Collaborate with the droid planner team to ensure system integration and performance metrics.
  • Stay current with research and drive experimentation in real-time 3D perception.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in building and deploying deep learning-based perception systems.
  • Strong understanding of classical computer vision techniques.
  • Expertise in robotics fundamentals and probabilistic sensor fusion.
  • Hands-on experience with CNN and transformer architectures on target hardware.
  • An engineering mindset focused on outcomes and prioritization.
  • Familiarity with training, data annotation, and evaluation pipelines.
  • Comfort in working across systems and debugging distributed training issues.
  • Experience in real-world robotics or autonomy applications is a plus.

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