Perception Engineer
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Job Location:
Seattle, OR - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 166000 - 220000
Posted on:
5 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Role
We are seeking aComputer Vision Engineer to join our Perception team at Anduril Industries where we develop cutting-edge perception systems for autonomous drones and unmanned sea vehicles in defense applications. While our team has strong capabilities in machine learning and real-time processing we need a classical computer vision expert to elevate our camera integration calibration workflows and establish industry-standard best practices.
This role will collaborate across multiple teams supporting ML engineers system architects and integration specialists by ensuring our perception systems receive high-quality well-calibrated sensor data from diverse camera modalities.
Key Responsibilities
Camera Systems & Integration
- Design and implement camera integration pipelines for diverse sensor modalities including RGB stereo fisheye thermal and event-based camera
- Develop middleware and vision pipeline components that interface with our perception stack
- Work with hardware and program teams to evaluate and integrate new camera systems
Calibration & Geometric Vision
- Develop and maintain calibration procedures for intrinsic and extrinsic camera parameters
- Implement multi-camera calibration systems and camera-lidar extrinsic calibration workflows
- Design online and offline calibration methods for field deployment scenarios
- Apply geometric computer vision techniques including structure from motion and 3D reconstruction
Classical Computer Vision
- Implement robust image processing pipelines (filtering augmentation rectification)
- Develop feature detection matching and tracking algorithms
- Design optical flow and visual odometry solutions
- Optimize vision algorithms for real-time performance on embedded platforms
Standards & Best Practices
- Establish and document computer vision best practices
- Create reusable calibration tools and frameworks
- Ensure vision systems meet defense industry standards and requirements
- Conduct lab testing and validation of camera systems
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering Robotics or related field
- Experience: 4-6 years of industry experience in computer vision engineering OR Masters degree with 2-4 years of industry experience
- Strong proficiency in C or Python
- Hands-on experience with OpenCV and classical computer vision algorithms
- Deep understanding of camera models calibration theory and geometric vision
- Experience with multi-camera systems and sensor fusion
- Experience developing middleware and vision pipelines (ROS/ROS2 or similar)
- Familiarity with diverse camera technologies (RGB stereo fisheye thermal ToF event-based)
- Lab experience with camera systems and optical equipment
Preferred Qualifications
- Rust programming experience
- Masters degree in Computer Vision Robotics or related field
- Experience in defense aerospace or autonomous systems
- Background in robotics perception for drones or marine vehicles
- Experience with real-time embedded vision systems
- Familiarity with defense industry standards and security clearance processes
- Publications or contributions to computer vision research or open-source projects
US Salary Range
$166000 - $220000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
Benefits
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