Neros is vertically integrating production of unmanned defense systems in the United States, securing the autonomous supply chain. Are you with us? Backed by Sequoia.
About the role
The Senior Perception Engineer develops the perception software that allows Neros unmanned aircraft to detect, classify, and track targets from the air, working across the full perception stack rather than a single component. This role covers detection, classification, image-space tracking, and aimpoint selection on both EO and thermal imagery, delivered onto constrained onboard compute and validated against logged flight data. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Develop and deliver detection, classification, and image-space tracking for small, low-contrast targets at long standoff in cluttered terrain
- Develop onboard target search and candidate generation that enables operator authorization of engagements over narrowband or degraded communications links
- Implement discrimination of valid targets from civilian, friendly, and neutral objects, and set detection operating points jointly with the state estimation and engagement authorization owners
- Define the perception output contract, including calibrated confidence and explicit signaling of no detection, suppressed detection, and degraded sensor conditions
- Deploy perception software to embedded compute in partnership with the platform team, owning the accuracy and latency trade-off and compliance with end-to-end latency budgets
- Define and maintain perception evaluation and regression cases against logged flight data, and provide senior technical review across the perception team
More about this role
Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America’s drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.
As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We’re hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.
The Senior Perception Engineer develops the perception software that allows Neros unmanned aircraft to detect, classify, and track targets from the air, working across the full perception stack rather than a single component. This role covers detection, classification, image-space tracking, and aimpoint selection on both EO and thermal imagery, delivered onto constrained onboard compute and validated against logged flight data. As one of the most senior individual contributors in the perception group, this engineer also provides...
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