Software Engineer, Perception
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Valkyrie Aero
Mesa, AZ, US
Summary
Develop and optimize real-time computer vision, sensor fusion, and multi-object tracking software for airborne mission systems. Manage the end-to-end dataset pipeline and ensure high-performance inference on embedded hardware.
Job Description
ABOUT THE JOB
Valkyrie Aero is seeking a software engineer to develop computer vision and sensor fusion software for an airborne mission system. Software Engineers in this role develop real-time detection, classification, and tracking software, fuse multiple sensor inputs into a single track picture, and deliver track state to the control software and operator interface. This includes model development and evaluation, inference optimization for embedded hardware, and the dataset pipeline. This is a fully remote position.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
• Develop real-time detection, classification, and multi-object tracking on live sensor feeds
• Fuse inputs from multiple sensors into a single track picture
• Design, train, and evaluate models against latency and accuracy targets for embedded deployment
• Optimize inference on embedded hardware, including pruning, quantization, and TensorRT
• Develop and maintain the dataset pipeline, including collection, labeling, curation, augmentation, synthetic data, and retraining from field data
• Establish the evaluation framework and metrics, measured under operational conditions
• Deliver track state (position, velocity, identity, uncertainty) to control software and the operator interface
• Develop backend services and APIs as required
• Work with hardware engineers on camera, optics, and sensor selection
• Support integration and test, including diagnosing and resolving issues on target hardware
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional experience developing real-time computer vision and multi-object tracking pipelines
• Experience delivering detection or tracking systems to production under latency, small-object, and adversarial conditions
• Experience with sensor fusion
• Experience with backend, integration, and systems software in addition to perception
• Proficiency in Python and C++
• Experience working with hardware and real-time data
• Must be a U.S. citizen
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience with PyTorch, TensorRT, ONNX, DeepStream, or GStreamer
• Experience with thermal, infrared, or multispectral imaging
• Experience with multi-modal sensor fusion across EO/IR, radar, or acoustic sensors
• Experience with synthetic data generation and sim-to-real
• Experience deploying on NVIDIA Jetson
• Experience with embedded Linux and device I/O (cameras, gimbals, sensors)
• Experience with gRPC or WebSockets
• Experience in defense or other safety-critical computer vision
• Personal robotics or hardware projects
Valkyrie Aero is a US Department of War prime contractor and tactical technology company. We deliver combat mission ready cUAS aircraft, pilot and JTAC training programs, and air to air defense solutions.
Our background shapes our approach. We're operators with experience who saw a critical gap in counter-drone defense.
Current UAV defense faces real challenges. Cost ratios that aren't sustainable long-term. Procurement timelines that struggle to match how fast threats evolve. Platforms designed for different missions trying to adapt to slow-moving drone threats. Autonomous systems that face limitations under GPS denial and jamming. Ground-based solutions with coverage gaps in low-altitude airspace.
We experienced these gaps and built something to help address them.
Our response is the Valkyrie Gunslinger, a manned counter UAS platform for air to air engagements. Gunslinger’s AI detection and edge computing force multiplies human judgment combining electronic warfare, weapons, and sensors to address UAV threats cost effectively.
We fly what we build because that's how we know it actually performs.
Our fleet of mission ready A-27 Valkyrie Gunslingers are operational today.
We hold a Military Flight Release from both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy for weapons release with sensors in NVG night operations. We're partnered with Embraer to bring the Valkyrie Gunslinger to the A-29 Super Tucano - transforming an aircraft deployed by 18 air forces worldwide into an AI-enabled cUAS platform.
The Valkyrie Gunslinger is designed to help with several key challenges: cost efficiency, extended coverage, platform speed matching, and maintaining effectiveness when GPS or communications face interference.
We bring operational experience directly into our technology development combining Pentagon’s operational demands with Silicon Valley’s disruptive ethos.
The UAV threat is evolving. We built a solution that's available now to help address it.
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Defense and Space Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Mesa, Arizona
Valkyrie Aero is a US Department of War prime contractor and tactical technology company. We deliver combat mission ready cUAS aircraft, pilot and JTAC training programs, and air to air defense solutions.
Our background shapes our approach. We're operators with experience who saw a critical gap in counter-drone defense.
Current UAV defense faces real challenges. Cost ratios that aren't sustainable long-term. Procurement timelines that struggle to match how fast threats evolve. Platforms designed for different missions trying to adapt to slow-moving drone threats. Autonomous systems that face limitations under GPS denial and jamming. Ground-based solutions with coverage gaps in low-altitude airspace.
We experienced these gaps and built something to help address them.
Our response is the Valkyrie Gunslinger, a manned counter UAS platform for air to air engagements. Gunslinger’s AI detection and edge computing force multiplies human judgment combining electronic warfare, weapons, and sensors to address UAV threats cost effectively.
We fly what we build because that's how we know it actually performs.
Our fleet of mission ready A-27 Valkyrie Gunslingers are operational today.
We hold a Military Flight Release from both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy for weapons release with sensors in NVG night operations. We're partnered with Embraer to bring the Valkyrie Gunslinger to the A-29 Super Tucano - transforming an aircraft deployed by 18 air forces worldwide into an AI-enabled cUAS platform.
The Valkyrie Gunslinger is designed to help with several key challenges: cost efficiency, extended coverage, platform speed matching, and maintaining effectiveness when GPS or communications face interference.
We bring operational experience directly into our technology development combining Pentagon’s operational demands with Silicon Valley’s disruptive ethos.
The UAV threat is evolving. We built a solution that's available now to help address it.
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Defense and Space Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Mesa, Arizona
