Neros
Senior Perception Engineer
$164K–$228K
Torrance, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional experience.
About the job
Develops and deploys perception software for unmanned aircraft to detect, classify, and track targets in EO and thermal imagery, and provides technical review across the perception team.
What you'll do
- Develop target detection, classification, tracking, search, candidate generation, and discrimination capabilities.
- Deploy and evaluate perception software on embedded compute using logged flight data, meeting accuracy and latency requirements.
- Define perception outputs and evaluation methods, and provide design and code review.
What they ask for
- 5+ years developing production computer vision or perception software, with ownership from prototype through fielded deployment.
- Delivered perception software on a physical system operating in an uncontrolled outdoor environment.
- Expert proficiency in C++ and Python, including production work under real-time or resource-constrained requirements.
- Experience deploying neural networks to embedded accelerators, including quantization and accuracy/latency characterization.
Nice to have
- Experience with air-to-ground EO/IR imagery or airborne target acquisition, seeker, or automatic target recognition systems.
- Experience selecting or integrating thermal/LWIR sensors, or contributing to a fleet data engine.
Pay
$163,500 – $228,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python, EO, IR/thermal
AI focus
Deploys neural networks for target detection and classification, including embedded deployment and quantization; the role also extends perception to IR and low-light imaging.
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