Perception Engineer

Job summary

Responsibilities

The Perception Engineer role at Applied Intuition Defense is a hands-on, full-stack, high tempo position where you will be part of an expert team rapidly pursuing the second (99%) and third nine (99.9%) of perception model performance across maritime, land, air-to-surface, and surface-to-surface…

• Develop perception models that find and classify targets with an error rate of We’re looking for someone who has:
• MS or PhD in Computer Engineering, Robotic Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent OR 5+ years of relevant experience working with simulation, machine learning, and ML…
• Proficiency in training ML models in PyTorch on multi-machine, multi-GPU systems.
• Experience in optimizing and deploying machine learning models to edge devices.
• Strong experience with agentic coding with proven experience in Python and/or cpp.

What they're looking for

• Must be willing to travel as projects require, usually for SW/HW integration and/or demonstrations; estimated average travel is 2-5 days every other month (10-20%)
• Interested candidates should also inquire about relocation assistance to Applied Intuition Defense facilities near Destin, FL, Washington, D.C., or San Diego, CA
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must hold or be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Tech stack

• Transformers
• PyTorch
• Python