Senior Manager of Perception

Join Shield AI, a cutting-edge technology company focused on developing advanced AI solutions for real hardware systems. As a Senior Manager of Perception, you will lead a multidisciplinary team in the development, integration, and testing of perception algorithms for aerospace, defense, and robotics systems. You will write production-quality software in C++, produce an Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing (A-PNT) system, and collaborate with hardware and test teams to validate algorithms on aerial platforms. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an industry-changing team that is making a real impact.

• Conduire le développement de logiciels à l'intersection des techniques d'estimation d'état classiques, de la fusion de capteurs, de l'intelligence artificielle, de l'apprentissage automatique et de la perception machine.
• Développer des technologies de pointe sur du matériel réel pour fournir des estimations robustes et précises de la pose et des environs du véhicule pour des missions réelles.
• Diriger des équipes à travers l'autonomie, l'intégration et les tests en alignant les efforts techniques, en résolvant les défis interfonctionnels et en conduisant l'exécution axée sur la mission.
• We are seeking a skilled and motivated leaders with 10+ years of experience to manage a technical team supporting the development, integration, and testing of perception algorithms for advanced aerospace, defense, and robotics systems
• Exceptional collaborator and communicator
• Experience working projects with 10+ contributors
• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 9 years and a Master’s degree; or 8 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience
• Comfortability within Unix environments
• Being kind to others
• A solid foundation in theory related to state estimation, object detection, data association, probabilistic robotics, and signal processing
• Hard-working, trustworthy teammate
• Exhibits holding themselves and others to high standards
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and/or similar degree, or equivalent practical experience
• Demonstrated problem solving skills by applying a scientific approach
• Demonstrated experience integrating and working with sensor payloads in the DoD space
• Proficient with sensor fusion for noisy high-bandwidth exteroceptive sensors on compute-constrained systems
• Offers Fast, efficient, effective problem solving approaches
• 2+ years managing technical teams
• Ability to develop, benchmark, debug, and deploy software-based algorithms
• Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance
• Understanding of robotics technologies related to autonomous behavior development e.g. task allocation or planning
• MS or greater in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and/or similar degree, or equivalent practical experience
• Understanding/Experience with unmanned system technologies and accompanying algorithms (specifically air domain)
• Familiarity with high-fidelity simulation and sensor modeling
• Working knowledge of Kalman Filter, Factor Graphs and other modern estimator fundamentals
• Strong working knowledge of Computer Vision with hands-on experience with OpenCV or similar CV libraries
• Experience developing sensor effects (control) algorithms
• Hands-on experience developing or implementing state of the art object detection/recognition pipelines
• Experience with UCI and OMS Standards
• Active SECRET clearance