# Principal Software Engineer, Perception

About the Role Lead the technical direction and architecture for perception systems on autonomous maritime platforms. You will work across autonomy, navigation, and applied machine learning to deliver reliable information that supports safe vehicle behavior in demanding ocean environments. What You'll Do Set architecture and technical direction across sensor fusion, localization, tracking, mapping, and uncertainty estimation. Integrate radar, cameras, and other sensor modalities into reliable inputs for downstream autonomy. Partner with autonomy, navigation, and applied machine learning teams to improve vehicle behavior in complex operating conditions. Turn research-grade algorithms into production systems that meet sensor, compute, latency, and environmental constraints. Guide senior and staff engineers through architecture decisions, technical reviews, and hands-on problem solving. Shape data labeling, ground truth datasets, and evaluation frameworks for ongoing system improvement. Contribute to hiring and mentorship as the perception team grows. What We're Looking For At least 8 years of experience in perception or robotics engineering, operating at staff level or higher.

- **Id**: 4331364
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/true-talent-solutions-partners-principal-software-engineer-perception-8>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Alameda, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-15T06:45:41Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-15
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T07:00:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2327
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4415660
- **Name**: True Talent Solutions Partners
- **Domain**: truetalentsolutionspartners.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/true-talent-solutions-partners>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary

- **Min**: 300000
- **Max**: 380000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 380000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Computer Vision** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no
- **Sensor Fusion** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-15T07:00:26Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 88; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 88 of its adverts here in 24 months; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.516
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 4
- **Reasons**: conf:0, agency, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 380000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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