Senior ML Engineer, Perception

The role

Lead perception engineering for a defense technology team developing autonomous systems. You will own the perception stack including detection, tracking, and sensor fusion to perform on real hardware in demanding field conditions.

What you will do

• Set the perception architecture for detection, tracking, classification, and sensor fusion.
• Develop ML models and training pipelines, then deploy models to embedded devices.
• Fuse EO/IR and other sensor data relevant to the system.
• Optimize real-time perception performance for embedded compute and latency constraints.
• Work closely with robotics, controls, and hardware engineers to deliver practical system capabilities.
• Mentor perception engineers while contributing directly to implementation.

Required qualifications

• At least 5 years building and shipping perception systems on physical hardware.
• Strong Python and production C++ skills.
• Experience in computer vision, detection, and real-time tracking on live sensor data.
• Experience deploying ML models on-device with TensorRT, ONNX, or equivalent.
• Experience optimizing for embedded compute and tight latency budgets.
• Experience building ML training pipelines through deployment and shipping systems tested against real-world targets.
• Background in perception, robotics, autonomy, aerospace, or defense systems.
• BS, MS, PhD, or equivalent experience in computer science, electrical engineering, robotics, or a related field.

Nice to have

• aerial target tracking
• moving-camera compensation
• thermal imagery
• EO/IR or other sensor fusion
• radar or RF perception
• small or long-range target detection

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship is not available.

About the company

clera is a defense technology team developing autonomous systems.