Senior Staff Software Engineer, Perception
- Level
- Staff
- Work type
- Remote · US only
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
AeroVect's standard text
Who We Are
AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com.
You will
- Architect 3D object detection models, including multi-modal approaches (camera, LiDAR, Radar).
- Build and maintain data collection and evaluation (metrics) pipeline.
- Develop a proprietary multi-modal dataset for training and evaluation.
- Train, deploy and monitor 2D/3D object detection models to production.
- Build and execute a roadmap for the perception system
- Mentor junior engineers about best practices.
You have
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Deep Learning, or a related field.
- 7+ years of focused experience in architecting and deploying 2D/3D object detection models.
- Worked on entire perception stack (sensing, preprocessing, detection & tracking)
- Python proficiency
- The ability to identify gaps and lead cross functional projects
We Prefer
- PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related discipline
- Full stack AV knowledge
- Experience in architecting perception systems (detection & tracking)
- Publications in major conferences like CVPR, ICRA, NeurIPS, IJCAI, AAAI etc
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Deep Learning
Rare in AeroVect's other 30 open postings.
Standard for software engineering roles
Python
Common in software engineering postings at any company.
71% of this description is written for the role. The rest is AeroVect's standard text, folded away below.
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The team: Autonomy Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 11 open in Autonomy Engineering. 2 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in July: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
ROS (10 of 11), C++ (9 of 11), Python (9 of 11), Linux (4 of 11), Deep Learning (3 of 11), Machine Learning (3 of 11), CI/CD (2 of 11)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning posted Sep 24
- Staff Software Engineer, Localization posted Sep 24
- Senior Software Engineer, Behavior Planning posted Sep 17
- Senior Software Engineer, Behavior Planning posted Sep 17
- Senior Software Engineer, Behavior Planning posted Sep 17
- Senior Software Engineer, Perception posted Aug 18
- Principal Engineer, Autonomy posted Jul 27
- Senior Software Engineer, Localization (Calibration) posted Jul 24
- Mapping Engineer posted Jul 14
- Senior Software Engineer, Perception (Radar) posted Jul 10
From the team and dates on AeroVect's own job board.
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