Senior Computer Vision Engineer

The role

This role develops computer vision systems for autonomous landing and landing zone evaluation on autonomous cargo aircraft. You will work on perception for targetless landing and navigation in real operating environments, and take systems through flight testing and deployment.

What you will do

• Develop and deploy computer vision systems for autonomous landing and landing zone evaluation
• Build perception systems for targetless landing in unstructured and dynamic environments
• Mentor junior perception engineers and raise the quality bar for how perception systems are designed, tested, and deployed
• Develop algorithms for terrain understanding, obstacle detection, and environment classification
• Work with onboard camera, IMU, GPS, and other sensor data in real flight environments
• Improve system performance using operational flight data, testing, and iteration
• Collaborate across autonomy, GNC, and flight operations teams to integrate perception into flight behaviors
• Debug perception and autonomy issues observed during simulation, ground testing, and flight operations
• Contribute to software architecture, testing, integration, and deployment workflows

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing and deploying computer vision or perception systems in real-world environments
• Strong proficiency in C++ and Python
• Experience with perception systems for robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, or aerospace platforms
• Experience working with real sensor data and operational deployment constraints
• Strong understanding of camera systems, sensor fusion, and state estimation concepts
• Experience debugging and improving deployed perception systems using logs, telemetry, or flight data
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving engineering environments
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Nice to have

• Experience with autonomous aircraft or aerial robotics
• Experience with landing zone evaluation, terrain classification, or visual navigation systems
• Background in SLAM, visual odometry, or GPS-denied navigation
• Experience with embedded or real-time systems
• Familiarity with ROS2 or similar robotics frameworks
• Experience deploying perception systems to resource-constrained platforms

Benefits

• Stock options
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401k
• Life insurance
• Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Austin

Before you apply

• Limited to U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or candidates from specific countries authorized under applicable export control regulations, due to U.S. government contract requirements

About the company

Skyways designs, builds, and operates fully autonomous long range cargo aircraft, founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas. Its aircraft fly revenue missions for commercial customers across three continents and it is backed by Y Combinator and a $37M AFWERX STRATFI award from the U.S. Air Force.