# Perception Machine Learning Engineer at Saildrone

- Company: Saildrone
- What the company does: Saildrone is a maritime defense company that builds autonomous systems to give decision-makers and warfighters the enduring advantage to outpace adversaries. Backed by Lux.
- Company website: https://saildrone.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Alameda, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://www.saildrone.com/careers/available-jobs?gh_jid=4413119009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/saildrone-perception-machine-learning-engineer/

## About the role

Saildrone’s manufacturing and R&D headquarters are located in Alameda, CA, with business development and sales operations in Washington, DC, and deployment hubs in Europe and the Middle East. By combining proven autonomous operations, edge computing, advanced sensing, renewable power, and the most advanced and robust unmanned surface technology on the planet, Saildrone is shaping how the Navy of the future operates.

## What they're looking for

- Strong Python programming skills
- Hands-on experience developing computer vision or machine learning systems
- Strong experience with PyTorch or a comparable ML framework
- Strong understanding of computer vision fundamentals and real-world visual data
- Experience evaluating models using quantitative metrics and experimental analysis
- Experience taking ML or computer vision systems into production

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