Senior Perception Engineer (UA)

Title: Sr. Perception Engineer (UA)

Key Responsibilities:

• Research and develop digital signal processing (DSP) and machine learning models centered on radio and sensor data for applications like event detection, radio direction finding, signal classification, etc;

• Create and optimize signal classification models, focusing on the unique signatures of objects (e.g., drones, aircraft);

• Support synthetic data generation and data collection process for radio data.

• Support integration of perception algorithms into production environments, ensuring real-time performance and reliability.

• Work closely with the hardware and prototyping teams to enable efficient integration and synchronization of sensor systems.

• Contribute to system architecture and help scale perception modules to support expanding operational needs.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering and AI/ML development with proven contributions to DSP, computer vision, and/or audio signal processing systems.

• Strong programming skills in Python and C++, with hands-on experience in TensorFlow and PyTorch.

• Practical experience with signal processing tools such as Matlab, librosa, torchaudio, and other signal processing libraries.

• Proficiency in signal processing and classification, event detection, computer vision, image processing and machine learning.

• Experience deploying models on edge devices (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson, Google Coral) and working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on experience with sensor fusion, IMU data, and embedded system integration.

• Experience in regulated industries such as medical devices or defense, including knowledge of certification and validation workflows.

• Prior leadership in building R

• R&D teams or launching ML features with measurable business impact.