Senior ML Engineer, Perception

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Clera is hiring a Senior ML Engineer to lead perception engineering for autonomous defense systems. You will own the perception stack from detection and tracking to sensor fusion, deploying models to embedded hardware and ensuring reliable real-world performance. The role is on-site in San Francisco and includes field testing.

• Set the perception architecture for detection, tracking, classification, and sensor fusion
• Develop ML models and training pipelines, then deploy to embedded devices
• Fuse EO/IR and other sensor data
• Optimize real-time perception for embedded compute and latency constraints
• Collaborate with robotics, controls, and hardware engineers
• Mentor perception engineers while contributing to implementation

• 5+ years building and shipping perception systems on physical hardware
• Strong Python and production C++ skills
• Experience with computer vision, detection, and real-time tracking on live sensor data
• Experience deploying ML models on-device with TensorRT, ONNX, or equivalent
• Experience building ML training pipelines through deployment
• Background in perception, robotics, autonomy, aerospace, or defense systems
• BS, MS, PhD, or equivalent experience in CS, EE, robotics, or related field

• Aerial target tracking
• Moving-camera compensation
• Thermal imagery
• EO/IR or other sensor fusion
• Radar or RF perception
• Small or long-range target detection