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Senior Software Engineer, Perception (R5420)

Shield AI

Washington, DC · full time · Senior

$163,200 – $244,800

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What this role is

This role involves building and deploying machine learning models for autonomous systems, focusing on computer vision and vision-language capabilities. It suits engineers who want to move cutting-edge AI research into production systems while working cross-functionally with researchers and autonomy teams.

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What they ask for

Required

  • Develop and deploy advanced machine learning models for perception
  • Own features from model development through production deployment
  • Work with data pipelines and supervised fine-tuning workflows
  • Build evaluation frameworks for perception systems

Nice to have

  • Experience with vision-language or vision-language-action models
  • Background in autonomous systems
  • Experience deploying ML models in complex operational environments

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