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Senior Engineer - Perception Modeling

$172K–$229K

Boston, Massachusetts, United States +7 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026

Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Remote U.S.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Remote U.S.
Experience
3-5+ years in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field; equivalent industry experience may satisfy the education requirement.
Education
Master's or Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or a related field; or equivalent industry experience.

About the job

Leads development and deployment of perception models and systems for autonomous vehicles, including synthetic data, sensor simulation, and efficient onboard models.

What you'll do

  • Architect and develop multimodal perception systems and synthetic data and sensor simulation capabilities.
  • Transfer capabilities from foundation models to efficient real-time onboard models and deploy solutions to autonomous vehicle fleets.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineers.

What they ask for

  • In-depth understanding of machine learning and deep learning algorithms, with experience designing, training, and analyzing neural networks for a listed perception application.
  • Experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch and fluency in Python, including scientific computing libraries and Python bindings development.
  • Advanced software engineering knowledge, including design, source control, builds, code reviews, and testing.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills; experience mentoring and leading others.

Nice to have

  • Experience designing, training, or fine-tuning foundation models for autonomous driving or robotic perception; expertise in world models, generative prediction, scene synthesis, or sensor simulation.
  • Experience with knowledge distillation, model compression, synthetic data generation, or multimodal automated labeling; publications at leading computer vision or machine learning conferences.

Pay

$172,000 — $229,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

TensorFlow, PyTorch, Python

AI focus

Develops multimodal foundation-model perception, synthetic data and sensor simulation, knowledge distillation, and efficient real-time autonomous-vehicle perception.

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First seen Oct 27, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)