Aurelius Systems
Sr. ML Engineer, Perception
$190K–$222K
San Francisco · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 6, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in CS, EE, Robotics, or equivalent.
- Visa sponsorship
- Requires U.S. Person status for access to export-controlled information or items.
About the job
Lead development and deployment of the perception stack for an autonomous directed-energy system, covering detection, tracking, classification, and sensor fusion.
What you'll do
- Own perception architecture and multi-sensor fusion across the targeting chain.
- Develop and train ML models and pipelines, deploy on-device, and optimize real-time performance on embedded targets.
- Partner with robotics, controls, and hardware teams, and mentor perception engineers.
What they ask for
- 5+ years building and shipping perception systems on real hardware.
- Strong Python and C++ with deep ML engineering experience.
- Computer vision, tracking, and detection in real-time, real-world conditions.
- On-device deployment using TensorRT, ONNX, or equivalent; experience optimizing for embedded compute and latency budgets.
Nice to have
- Counter-UAS or aerial target tracking experience; radar or RF perception.
- Classified program experience; sensor fusion in adversarial or denied environments.
Pay
$190K – $222K USD base salary
Tools
Python, C++, TensorRT, ONNX, EO/IR
AI focus
Develop, train, deploy, and optimize ML perception models for detection, tracking, classification, and sensor fusion on embedded hardware.
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