Staff Computer Vision Engineer - Perception

About the role

SE3 Labs is seeking a Staff Computer Vision Engineer to lead technical direction for their perception stack, including object detection, tracking, semantic segmentation, and depth estimation. This is a hands-on role where you will spend approximately 80% of your time building systems for autonomous platforms in the defense sector. You will work closely with technical founders and engineers to turn research into field-ready solutions.

Responsibilities

• Shape the architecture of the perception stack and drive core algorithmic decisions.
• Build object detection and multi-object tracking systems for real mission data.
• Develop semantic segmentation and depth estimation models for downstream autonomy.
• Design evaluation and replay loops with clear metrics, benchmarks, and regression tests.
• Optimize models for onboard compute and conduct field trials.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap and mentor engineers through design and code reviews.

Required skills

• Computer Vision
• Object Detection
• Multi-object tracking
• Semantic segmentation
• Depth estimation
• Robotics
• Autonomous systems

Nice to have

• CVPR
• ICCV
• ECCV
• NeurIPS
• Open-source contribution
• Jetson-class platforms
• UAVs

Qualifications

• Ph.D. with 3+ years of industry experience in Computer Vision, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field
• M.Sc. with 6+ years of industry experience in Computer Vision, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field

Benefits

• Employee participation programme
• 31 paid days off
• Free gym and wellness membership
• Company retreats
• Professional mentorship

About the Company

SE3 Labs builds spatial intelligence and autonomy software for unmanned systems, combining 3D computer vision, state estimation, and AI. The company is growing to a team of 100+ people and focuses on defense applications.