Senior Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning

About the role

Learning a semantic and geometric understanding of the world from visual data is the core of our autonomy system. We are pushing the boundaries of what is possible with real-time deep networks to accelerate progress in intelligent mobile robots.

If you are excited about solving open-end problems in object detection and tracking, motion prediction, flow estimation, and total scene understanding, while leveraging massive amounts of structured video data, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement deep learning solutions that solve detection, tracking, segmentation, and optical flow estimation tasks in real-time on Skydio drones
• Leverage state-of-the-art methods in unsupervised learning, few shot learning, and foundational models for data efficient ML
• Curate and enhance synthetic data that powers our deep learning algorithms along with massive amounts of structured video data
• Refine and optimize models for low-latency on embedded hardware
• Characterize and quantify the performance of the vision systems
• Research and prototype new approaches
• Be a generalist helping out on all aspects of the software when needed

Requirements

• Demonstrated hands-on experience creating and deploying deep learning models
• Experience curating synthetic and real-world image datasets
• Solid software engineering foundation and commitment to writing clean, well-architected code (in Python or C++, preferably both)
• Real experience prototyping, training, optimizing, and deploying deep neural networks
• Ability to read and contextualize scientific papers and literature in computer vision
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced, collaborative, small team environment

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience

Skills

• Strong background in deep learning, computer vision, and robotics
• Experience with large-scale data processing and machine learning frameworks
• Proficiency in Python and C++
• Knowledge of computer vision techniques such as object detection, tracking, segmentation, and optical flow estimation

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity in the form of stock options
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Paid vacation time, sick leave, holiday pay
• 401K savings plan

Pay

• The annual base salary range for this position is $170,000 - 277,500*

Schedule

• Full-time

Company Information

• Founded in 2015
• Headquartered in San Mateo, California, United States
• Industry: Technology
• Employees: Over 100

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to growing our network of people, programs, and resources to nurture an inclusive culture. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local anti-discrimination laws.