9 Mothers
Perception Engineer, Senior
Austin · Senior
No sponsorshipDetected 90 days ago
PythonRustC++Machine LearningPyTorchComputer VisionCybersecuritySensorsResearchCollaboration
About the role
- This is a senior individual contributor position.
Responsibilities
- We don't build for "what if." We build systems the Department of War actively needs to counter immediate, real-world threats.
- Own the visual perception pipeline end-to-end, including detection, classification, and tracking of sUAS targets in real time.
- Architect and maintain the dataset and simulation pipeline, including data collection, labeling, curation, augmentation, synthetic data generation, and closed-loop retraining based on field performance.
- Deliver target state information (position, velocity, identity, uncertainty) to the controls subsystem.
- Collaborate with the hardware team on camera, optics, and sensor selection.
- Your contributions directly drive the value of your stake in the company.
- Mission-Critical Work: We don't build for "what if." We build systems the Department of War actively needs to counter immediate, real-world threats.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience shipping a detection or tracking system under real-world latency, small-object, or adversarial constraints.
- Strong engineering skills beyond modeling, including experience with PyTorch or JAX through to deployed, optimized inference.
- Proficiency in Python for model development and C++ or Rust for deployed inference.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to pass a background check.
Nice to have
- Experience working with infrared (IR), thermal, or multi-spectrum camera systems.
- TensorRT and NVIDIA Jetson deployment experience at production scale.
- Multi-object tracking under challenging conditions.
- Multi-modal sensor fusion experience (EO/IR, radar, acoustic).
- Synthetic data generation and sim-to-real methodologies.
- Active security clearance, or eligibility to obtain one.
Skills
- Establish the model evaluation framework and metrics used to assess perception performance under operational conditions.
Benefits
- Meaningful Early Equity: You aren't just an employee
- 100% Employer-Paid Premiums: We cover 100% of your medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums and cover 50% of healthcare premiums for your dependents.
- Unlimited PTO: We value results, not clock-watching.
- Design and train machine learning models that meet latency and accuracy requirements for edge deployment on Jetson-class hardware.
Company info
- Join an onsite team in Austin, TX, where we prioritize high-bandwidth collaboration and rapid field-testing.
Equal opportunity
- 9 Mothers is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
- Export Control
- This position may require access to information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizenship and ability to pass a background check
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