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# Perception Engineer, AI

- **Company:** True Anomaly
- **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $125,000.0 - $270,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Computer Vision, C++ (Programming Language), Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), Object Detection, Information Technology, Front End Software Development, Pose Estimation
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/perception-engineer-ai-long-beach-ca--5467ef2a-717b-4193-97fc-5c07e469ea89

## About the Role

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Wheel/Front-End Loader, Healthcare, Fitness, Reimbursement, Algorithms, Geometry, Neural Networks, Hardware Design, Budget Management, * Bachelor's degree in computer science, robotics, or a similar discipline

 * Experienced with C/C++ and Python
 * 2+ years of experience with implementing perception and tracking algorithms deployed in real world systems
 * Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and solve complex problems with first principles approaches
 * Passion for spaceflight and advancing capabilities related to space domain awareness and space security
 * U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

 * Master's or PhD in computer science, robotics, or a similar discipline
 * 2+ years of professional experience writing high-reliability, production C/C++ code
 * Deep technical expertise in one or more of the following: SLAM, nonlinear filtering, image processing, object detection, computer vision, pose estimation

## Description

Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it., * Drive the architecture for the image processing, object tracking, and pose estimation pipelines for the next generation of Jackal spacecraft

 * Design and implement robust perception, object detection, and tracking algorithms in C++
 * Perform statistical analysis to support algorithm characterization and verification
 * Test and verify your algorithms via software and hardware in the loop simulation
 * Work with the software team to integrate your algorithms into flight software