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Machine Learning Engineer - Perception

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Aeva

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United States , Mountain View

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Salary:

154900.00 - 222365.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

As an ML Engineer on our perception team, you will own the development and deployment of 3D perception models across object detection, semantic segmentation, and lane detection. Your work will directly shape how our autonomous systems perceive and understand the world.

Job Responsibility:

  • Train and evaluate 3D perception models for object detection, segmentation, and lane detection
  • Improve model performance across challenging conditions such as long range and sparse point clouds
  • Deploy perception models to production and own the full lifecycle from research to real-world integration
  • Diagnose and resolve deployment issues including latency, accuracy degradation, and edge case failures in the field
  • Monitor model performance in production and iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback
  • Build auto-labeling pipelines using vision-language models to accelerate data annotation

Requirements:

  • MS or PhD in CS, Robotics, or a related field
  • Hands-on experience with 3D object detection on LiDAR point clouds
  • Experience using VLMs for auto-labeling or offline perception tasks
  • Strong Python and PyTorch skills
  • Familiarity with large-scale dataset pipelines and annotation workflows
  • Experience with multi-object tracking or sensor fusion is a plus

Nice to have:

Experience with multi-object tracking or sensor fusion is a plus

What we offer:
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Pre-tax commuter and health care/dependent care accounts
  • 401k plan
  • Life and disability benefits
  • Flexible time off
  • Paid parental leave
  • 11 paid holidays annually

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 04, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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