Saronic
Perception and Autonomy Engineer
Austin, TX · On-site · Full-time · Posted Mar 18, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated; role is available at entry, senior, and staff levels.
- Visa sponsorship
- For U.S.-based roles, access to export-controlled information requires “U.S. Person” status as defined by U.S. law.
About the job
Develop perception systems that enable autonomous surface vessels to sense, navigate, and perform tasks without human involvement.
What you'll do
- Develop algorithms and models for boat sensing and navigation.
- Create metrics to quantitatively assess performance improvements and regressions.
- Analyze large data systems to support model training and evaluation.
What they ask for
- Strong programming fundamentals, including extensive programming experience and demonstrated ability to work on large systems.
- General understanding of operating systems or similar large-scale systems.
- Understanding of basic computer architecture.
- Demonstrated willingness to learn and pivot based on new information.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch.
- Experience with autonomous vehicles, sensor fusion, path planning, multimodal models, or deployed ML systems.
Tools
TensorFlow, PyTorch, Rust
AI focus
Develop and evaluate perception algorithms and models for autonomous vessel sensing and navigation, including training and evaluation using large data systems.
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