Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Echodyne Corp1 day ago
Kirkland, WA, USASenior
Base Salary
$125k - $187k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy robust machine learning models for Echodyne’s fielded radar fleet.
- Improve data labeling through active learning methods, automated labeling systems, and tool-design guidance.
- Design realistic data augmentation methods for radar deployment environments.
- Improve track-classification models through hyperparameter tuning and alternative architecture evaluation.
- Research applications of machine learning, including self-supervised generative models using unlabeled data.
- Build training and evaluation pipelines for field data, rare targets, imbalanced classes, and biased datasets.
- Define evaluation metrics, analyze model failures and data gaps, and improve model robustness across target classes and field conditions.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate models into production products.
Requirements
- Strong foundations in machine learning, probability, statistics, and experimental design.
- Experience taking machine learning solutions from prototype through production deployment.
- Experience with time-series classification and imbalanced datasets.
- Experience designing or assessing data augmentation for real-world sensor data.
- Experience evaluating model performance, investigating failure modes, and improving data or models based on findings.
- Experience deploying models on embedded, resource-constrained systems.
- Strong Python software development skills and experience with TensorFlow.
- Ability to independently lead open-ended technical problems and communicate results clearly.
- MS with four or more years of relevant experience, or PhD with two or more years of relevant experience, in computer science, engineering, applied mathematics, or a related field.
- U.S. citizenship is required, and the role may involve export-controlled ITAR and EAR data.
- Preferred qualifications include radar, lidar, or other spatial sensor data; real-time streaming data; C++; production software development; labeling workflows; large dataset management; or active learning experience.
Benefits
- Annual salary range of $124,733—$187,048 USD.
- Restricted Stock Units and benefits for full-time, US-based employees.
- Fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums, with PPO or HDHP/HSA options.
- Virtual care through 98Point6, an Employee Assistance Program, and mental health coverage through Spring Health and Talkspace.
- Travel assistance insurance, company-paid life insurance, and company-paid short- and long-term disability.
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees or 15 days per year for non-exempt employees.
- 401(k) match, pet insurance, prepaid legal program, commuter benefits, and paid company holidays.
- This is an exempt role.
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About Echodyne Corp
Echodyne builds compact, solid-state beam‑steering radar sensors and software for integrators and end users in government/defense, critical infrastructure protection, uncrewed aircraft systems, and autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, the privately held company commercializes its patented MESA metamaterials electronically scanned array technology to deliver all‑weather 3D surveillance and counter‑UAS capabilities, selling radars and related software modules for security, airspace management, and autonomous navigation applications.