Senior Engineer, Data & Perception

At Senra Systems were building a new model for complex manufacturing starting with electrical wire harnesses. Were a real manufacturer not a lab: we build harnesses on our own production lines for some of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the country. Long term automating this work is how we help bring complex manufacturing back to the U.S.

Were looking for a Senior Engineer to own the technical implementation of the data and perception layer in our Automation Program: the cameras sensors pipelines and models that turn what happens on our production lines into data our factory software our industrial engineers and our robots can use. High-mix assembly has long resisted automation partly because the work is hard to see and measure. Youll change that: instrument the line build the data infrastructure behind it and build the perception our robotic cells and our robot learning work depend on. Real hardware on a real line in real production.

This is a hands-on senior role on a small team with aggressive goals. Youll report to one of Senras cofounders our Head of AI & Robotics who owns the technical vision for the program. Youll partner with the other senior engineers on the team to execute it and help shape where it goes as we build. Its a lot of work with a lot of ownership and what you build goes onto the line fast.

Everything else builds on this foundation. Our production robotics team uses it for sensing and inspection on the line our robot learning team uses it to collect demonstrations and train new manipulation skills and our industrial engineering team uses it to measure and improve manufacturing processes. As new capabilities are developed they can be deployed directly back into production.

What youll own:

• Instrumentation of the line: cameras and sensors at workstations and in cells capture software and edge hardware that runs reliably on the floor

• The factory data layer: pipelines and storage for video sensor and robot data tied to jobs operations and parts in our in-house factory software

• Perception in production: computer vision for inspection step and activity recognition part and wire detection and cell sensing

• Automated measurement: time studies step logs and photo records generated from the data feeding planning pricing and quality

• Data for robot learning: demonstration capture labeling datasets and evaluation infrastructure built with our Senior Robotics Engineer Robot Learning

• Data governance and security: technician consent access control and handling of export-controlled and customer data

• Engineering standards and evaluation of vendors and platforms where buying beats building

• Helping hire and mentor the engineers who join as the team grows

What youll bring to the team:

Required:

• Hands-on experience building data infrastructure or perception systems that run in production including systems where you were the technical lead

• Computer vision in the physical world: training deploying and monitoring models on camera data from manufacturing robotics logistics or similar settings

• Data engineering for large volumes of video and sensor data: capture pipelines storage labeling and the tooling to train and evaluate on it

• Experience with cameras and sensors on real hardware: selection calibration synchronization and edge compute

• Strong Python and SQL a deep learning framework such as PyTorch and comfort deploying to cloud and edge; C where performance needs it

• A track record of moving quickly: rapid prototyping testing on real hardware and iterating to reliable results

• Self-starter who takes ownership of a technical area end to end partners well with other senior engineers and communicates clearly with technicians engineers and leadership

• Bachelors degree in computer science electrical or computer engineering robotics or a related field or equivalent hands-on experience

• Must be a U.S. Person as defined under ITAR (see ITAR requirements below)

Preferred:

• Data infrastructure for robot learning: teleoperation or demonstration capture dataset management and evaluation

• Activity or step recognition from video or automated time study

• Integration with manufacturing systems (e.g. MES ERP) or factory software

• Working with export-controlled or regulated data (e.g. ITAR CUI CMMC)

• Experience in wire harness cable assembly or other high-mix assembly

• Startup or high-growth company experience

• Experience mentoring engineers or helping build a team

Success in This Role Looks Like (612 Months):

• Cameras and capture are running at our highest-volume workstations with data tied to jobs and operations in our factory software

• Automated time studies or step logs from that data are informing planning and pricing

• At least one perception model is running in production such as camera inspection at a station or sensing in robotic cells with measured accuracy

• Our robot learning work is collecting demonstrations and training on data from your pipeline under a technician consent policy

• Youve helped shape the technical roadmap with our Head of AI & Robotics and helped hire the next engineers on the team

Were also hiring a Senior Robotics Engineer Production and a Senior Robotics Engineer Robot Learning. If your background sits between roles apply to any of them and tell us.

Compensation:

• Compensation will be based on experience qualifications and other job-related factors.
• Salary Range: $180000-$230000
• This is an onsite role based at our Cypress CA facility with regular time at our Redondo Beach CA facility

Benefits:

• Unmatched opportunities to drive impact on a friendly and mission-driven team
• Own a piece of the pie with equity participation!
• Comprehensive medical dental vision life and long-term disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Spending Account (DSA) for health-related expenses
• 20 vacation days per year and 12 company holidays for rest and relaxation
• a 401(k) planto set yourself up for retirement
• Choose a record you love and well add it to our growing vinyl collection!
• $50/month DoorDash credit lunch is on us!
• Up to $100/month reimbursement for gym memberships
• Fully stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages
• Regular team-building events lunches and the occasional breakfast burrito!
• Bright open office with communal spaces for collaboration and free parking
• Conveniently located near the metro major freeways and local dining spots

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. Contact us ator visit our website.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder) (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITARhere.