Drimva

Waabi

Senior / Staff Perception Software Engineer

$158K–$269K

Remote US & Canada +5 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Apr 27, 2023

Location
Remote US & Canada
Dallas, TX
Phoenix, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
San Francisco, CA
Toronto, ON
Experience
Minimum 4 years of industry experience for candidates with a Bachelor’s degree; an MS or PhD is also accepted, with no years specified for those degrees.
Education
MS/PhD or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, and/or a similar technical field of study.

About the job

Develops, validates, and deploys perception algorithms for self-driving vehicles, including 3D traffic-agent detection and tracking and traffic-scene understanding.

What you'll do

  • Prototype and evaluate perception algorithms using real-world data and simulations, improving accuracy, robustness, and safety.
  • Help productize and deploy perception algorithms, working with platform and multidisciplinary teams to integrate them into the self-driving system.
  • Write tested, high-quality code and contribute to research publications and technical communication.

What they ask for

  • Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a similar technical field, with the stated experience alternative.
  • Experience with applied research and shipping machine-learning features or models into production.
  • Experience driving projects in 3D detection, traffic-agent tracking, and/or semantic understanding of traffic scenes.
  • Proficiency in Python and strong foundations in machine learning, computer vision, and computing fundamentals.

Nice to have

  • Experience in multimodal sensor fusion or self-driving technology.
  • Publications in top-tier conferences or journals; experience with PyTorch, Rust, C++, and/or CUDA.

Pay

$158,000 - $269,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

Python, PyTorch, Rust, C++, CUDA

AI focus

Applies machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision to self-driving perception, including 3D detection, tracking, and semantic scene understanding.

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