Perception Engineer

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA, Seattle, WA · Air Dominance & Strike : Mission Autonomy Engineering : MFX Core Robotics

Anduril Industries is seeking a Computer Vision Engineer to develop perception systems for autonomous drones and unmanned sea vehicles. This role focuses on camera integration, calibration, and classical computer vision techniques, collaborating with ML engineers and system architects to ensure high-quality sensor data for defense applications.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and implement camera integration pipelines for diverse sensor modalities including RGB, stereo, fisheye, thermal, and event-based camera
  2. Develop and maintain calibration procedures for intrinsic and extrinsic camera parameters
  3. Implement multi-camera calibration systems and camera-lidar extrinsic calibration workflows
  4. Implement robust image processing pipelines (filtering, augmentation, rectification)
  5. Establish and document computer vision best practices

Skills

Required

  • C++
  • Python
  • OpenCV
  • classical computer vision algorithms
  • camera models
  • calibration theory
  • geometric vision
  • multi-camera systems
  • sensor fusion
  • middleware
  • vision pipelines
  • ROS/ROS2
  • RGB cameras
  • stereo cameras
  • fisheye cameras
  • thermal cameras
  • ToF cameras
  • event-based cameras
  • lab experience with camera systems
  • optical equipment

Nice to have

  • Rust
  • defense industry experience
  • aerospace experience
  • autonomous systems experience
  • robotics perception for drones
  • robotics perception for marine vehicles
  • real-time embedded vision systems
  • defense industry standards
  • security clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • classical computer vision expert
  • OpenCV
  • classical computer vision algorithms
  • camera integration pipelines
  • calibration procedures
  • multi-camera calibration systems
  • image processing pipelines
  • feature detection, matching, and tracking algorithms
  • optical flow and visual odometry solutions
  • vision algorithms for real-time performance on embedded platforms
  • computer vision best practices
  • calibration tools and frameworks
  • vision systems meet defense industry standards