True Anomaly
Engineering Manager, Perception AI
$205K–$315K
Denver, CO +3 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Location
- Denver, CO
Long Beach, CA
Denver, CO
Long Beach, CA - Experience
- 8+ years in a relevant engineering field; at least 4–5 years in people management, leading teams of 4+ engineers.
- Education
- Master’s degree in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field; Ph.D. or Bachelor’s degree with equivalent professional experience also accepted.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations under ITAR; also states U.S. Citizen and eligible for government security clearance.
About the job
Build and lead a perception AI engineering team developing autonomous spacecraft capabilities, from synthetic data and object tracking to sensor fusion and edge deployment.
What you'll do
- Provide technical direction and lead design, implementation, and verification of perception AI systems and validation standards.
- Own the team roadmap, prioritize delivery, and coordinate with flight software, hardware, autonomy, simulation, and program teams.
- Recruit, manage, and develop engineers, including performance reviews, career development, and team growth.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in computer vision, robotics, autonomous systems, or perception AI engineering, including at least 4–5 years in people management leading teams of 4+ engineers.
- Master’s degree in a relevant technical field; Ph.D. or Bachelor’s degree with equivalent professional experience also accepted.
- Demonstrated experience building and developing engineering teams, and a strong foundation in perception AI.
- U.S. Citizen and eligible for government security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience in synthetic data generation, world models, deep learning for perception, multi-object tracking, sensor fusion, edge AI, or classical computer vision.
- Experience with aerospace, defense, space missions, flight software integration, or resource-constrained real-time systems.
Pay
USD $205,000 to $315,000 base salary
Tools
Blender, Unreal, YOLO, Faster R-CNN, ONNX, TensorRT, Kalman filtering (EKF, UKF, IMM)
AI focus
Lead development of generative AI and world models for synthetic video, perception AI for tracking and object discrimination, sensor fusion, and edge-deployed spacecraft models.
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