# Senior Computer Vision & Autonomy Engineer - Company: [Arxlight Ai]() - Location: Oakland - Team: Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Salary: $120K – $170K - Posted: April 24, 2026 ## Job description **Company Overview**We are a rapidly growing technology startup focused on delivering next-generation drones for security and safety applications. Our company vertically integrates hardware and software to create leading edge capabilities in the UAV space, with a focus on saving lives. As a **Computer Vision & Autonomy Engineer**, you will be joining the team responsible for the design, development, and implementation of high-speed perception and autonomy stacks capable of identifying and tracking highly dynamic objects. You will solve the unique challenges of **high-dynamic sensing**, where relative velocities are extreme and the margin for error is zero. ### **Key Responsibilities** * **Perception Pipeline Development:** Develop robust real-time Deep Learning and Classical CV algorithms for classification, and tracking (e.g., YOLO, Transformer-based architectures) of highly dynamic objects. * **High-Speed State Estimation:** Implement Visual-Inertial Odometry (VIO) and filtering techniques to estimate target 3D trajectories and "Time-to-Go" under high-G maneuvers. * **GPS denied perception stack:** Create "GPS-denied" navigation solutions and anti-jamming vision pipelines that maintain autonomy when external signals are compromised. * **Guidance Logic:** Design "Vision-Based Pursuit" laws and Proportional Navigation (PN) enhancements that translate visual target states into actionable steering commands. * **Real-time Deployment:** Optimize algorithms for ultra-low latency execution on low-power devices, ensuring the "sensor-to-actuator" delay is minimized. * **Deterministic Benchmarking:** Profile and eliminate "long-tail" latency spikes in the autonomy stack to ensure a deterministic sensor-to-actuator response time. ### **Required Qualifications** * **Education:** Master’s or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or Aerospace Engineering with a focus on Computer Vision or Autonomous Systems. * **Dynamic Vision skills:** Expert knowledge of object tracking (KCF, SORT, DeepSORT) and the geometry of moving camera platforms. * **Real-Time Software:** Proficiency in C++20 and CUDA for high-throughput image processing, and Python for training ML models. * **Mathematics:** Deep understanding of 3D geometry, Kalman Filtering (EKF/UKF), and the physics of relative motion. ### **Preferred Skills** * **EO/IR camera:** Experience working with Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) or Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) sensors. * **Embedded Systems:** Experience deploying models on NVIDIA Jetson Orin or FPGA-based vision processing. * **High-Fidelity Simulation:** Proficiency in NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Unreal Engine 5, or Gazebo to generate synthetic data for rare "corner-case" scenarios. **Control Integration:** Understanding of how perception latency affects the stability of flight control loops. ## Apply [Apply on Arxlight Ai]() Canonical job page: