Perception Engineer
Applied Intuition· Defense
Ann Arbor$125k - $175kFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Hands-on, full-stack perception engineer focused on advancing perception model performance across maritime, land, air-to-surface, and surface-to-surface domains, deploying to edge devices, and building tooling and datasets for large-scale perception systems in a defense context.
Responsibilities
- Develop perception models that find and classify targets with an error rate of <1/100
- Deploy perception models to Jetson Orin+ boards and optimize models for better-than-realtime performance
- Build large foundation models for high-accuracy assisted data labeling
- Build tooling across the entire perception stack: labeling tools, simulation
- Scale up datasets using data generation techniques including simulation, diffusion, and generative AI
- Create and maintain optimized models and inference software providing maximum FPS on Jetson-like hardware
- Collaborate across hardware, sensor, tracking, autonomy, and testing teams for on-site DoD deployment and demonstrations
Qualifications
- MS or PhD in Computer Engineering, Robotic Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent OR 5+ years of relevant experience with simulation, ML, and ML infrastructure
- Proficiency in training ML models in PyTorch on multi-machine, multi-GPU systems
- Experience in optimizing and deploying ML models to edge devices
- Strong experience with agentic coding in Python and/or C++
- Experience leveraging modern AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor)
- Adeptness with remote software development, handling large datasets, and learning new software/algorithms with little supervision
Skills
Required:Perception model developmentEdge deploymentML toolingData scaling & generationModel optimization for FPSCollaboration across teams
Nice to have:Foundation models for labeling
Benefits
- Base salary and equity
- Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401k retirement benefits with employer match
- Learning and wellness stipends
- Paid time off
Last updated Oct 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Applied Intuition
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Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company with the tools, Vehicle OS, and autonomy stacks for creating safe, AI-powered vehicle experiences.
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