Senior Software Engineer, Perception (Radar)

AeroVect

$120K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related field
  • 3+ years of experience in radar perception focusing on signal processing, clustering, detection, and tracking
  • Strong grasp of radar principles including range-Doppler processing and CFAR detection
  • Hands-on experience with automotive or industrial radar sensors like those from Continental or TI
  • Proficient in Python, C++, and ROS2

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize radar-based perception pipelines including detection and tracking
  • Train and deploy radar object detection models within ground handling environments
  • Fuse radar data with camera and/or LiDAR to create multi-modal perception systems
  • Establish and maintain radar data collection and evaluation pipelines
  • Architect a secondary perception system, prioritizing radar as the main data source
  • Mentor junior engineers on effective radar perception techniques

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship
  • Work in a cutting-edge technological environment
  • Collaboration with a team of skilled professionals
  • Involvement in innovative projects at the intersection of radar and robotics
Full Job Description
You will
  • Develop and optimize radar-based perception pipelines - preprocessing, detection, clustering, and tracking
  • Train, deploy, and monitor radar object detection models for ground handling environments
  • Fuse radar data with camera and/or LiDAR for robust multi-modal perception
  • Build and maintain radar data collection, labeling, and evaluation pipelines
  • Architect a deterministic secondary perception system with radar as a primary modality
  • Mentor junior engineers on radar perception best practices
You have
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
  • 3+ years of focused experience in radar perception (signal processing, clustering, detection, tracking)
  • Deep understanding of radar fundamentals - range-Doppler processing, CFAR detection, beamforming, ghost/multipath mitigation
  • Experience with automotive or industrial radar sensors (continental, TI, Oculii, or similar)
  • Python, C++, and ROS2 proficiency
We Prefer
  • PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline
  • Experience deploying radar models to production
  • Experience developing CUDA kernels
  • Experience fusing radar with camera/LiDAR in a production stack
  • Familiarity with radar-specific datasets (RADIal, RadarScenes, CARRADA, or similar)

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