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The role will focus on building custom perception capabilities from the ground up, with an emphasis on real-time performance, reliability, and deployment in edge compute environments. This position is required to increase the team's capacity and technical depth in real-time computer vision, image processing, and applied machine learning.\nThe successful candidate will bring strong C++ software engineering skills, experience developing high-performance or real-time systems, and a deep understanding of computer vision fundamentals. They should be capable of translating research concepts into deployable software and comfortable working on bespoke algorithms rather than relying only on existing libraries. Experience with areas such as object detection, image classification, target recognition, semantic segmentation, feature extraction, object tracking, video analytics, dataset curation, model evaluation, or deployment of trained perception models would be highly valuable.\nThe role will also support the development and integration of learned perception models into real-time computer vision pipelines. This may include adapting detection, classification, recognition, or segmentation models for operational imagery; improving model performance across varied lighting, viewpoint, background, and environmental conditions; evaluating false positives and false negatives; and working with representative datasets to improve robustness. Familiarity with combining learned models with classical computer vision techniques, optimizing inference for edge deployment, and integrating model outputs into C++ perception systems would be beneficial. Candidates with a Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or a related field would be well aligned with the technical needs of the team, though strong applied industry experience is also highly relevant.\nRequired qualifications:\nDegree in Computer Vision, Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.\nDeep proficiency in C++, with proven experience developing software in high-performance, real-time environments.\nDemonstrated experience designing and implementing custom computer vision algorithms from scratch, rather than exclusively applying existing libraries.\nSolid foundational understanding of computer vision, image processing, and machine learning principles.\nStrong software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, performance optimization, and version control.\nProven ability to own technical work from ambiguous requirements through algorithm design, implementation, integration, and delivery.\nAbility to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary cross-functional teams, including AI experts, robotics engineers, and optical engineers, to deliver reliable edge solutions. \nPreferred qualifications:\nWe do not expect candidates to have all of the following. 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