Software Engineer, Perception

About The Team

The Tactical Recon & Strike team at Anduril develops aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and all equipment to test, deploy and operate. The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt and Altius from concepts to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers.

About The Job

We are seeking Software Engineers specializing in Computer Vision and Machine Learning Engineering. You will leverage cutting-edge research to solve our most challenging perception problems for our UAVs, bringing deep expertise in Object Detection, Object Tracking, or related perception domains. This role requires hands-on proficiency in C++ and/or Python within a Linux environment.

Required Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Machine Learning, Robotics or Computer Science, with emphasis on Computer Vision.
• BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years experience developing and benchmarking ML algorithms on large-scale datasets.
• High proficiency in C++ development in a Linux environment.
• Experience deploying models with TensorRT and ONNX.
• Experience with Python development and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow.
• Experience writing and maintaining automated continuous integration tests.
• Experience in one or more of the following: Object Detection, Object Tracking, Instance Segmentation, Semantic Segmentation, Semantic change Detection.
• Experience in one or more of the following: Visual Odometry, SLAM, Multi-view Geometry, Structure from Motion, 3D Geometry, Discriminative Correlation Filters, Stereo, Neural 3D Reconstruction, RGB-D and LIDAR Sensor Fusion.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems.
• Proficient in Python.
• Proficient in CUDA.

What You’ll Do

Propose and prototype innovative solutions to solve real world problems, leveraging the latest state-of-the-art techniques in the field.
Develop and maintain core libraries and runtime applications.
Integrate classical and geometric methods in computer vision with ML methods.
Work with ML and Data Infra team to construct various benchmarks for analyzing system performance.

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
• Health, recovery, and whatever comes next

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