Perception and Tracking Engineer
Allen Control Systems (ACS) is an Austin-based defense-robotics company that develops autonomous precision weapon systems, led by its Bullfrog counter-drone weapon station.
Funding history
About Allen Control Systems
ACS combines AI, computer vision, precision motion control, and hardware to turn legacy or modern weapons into counter-unmanned-system platforms for U.S. and allied forces.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design, implement, test, debug, and maintain 3D computer-vision multi-object tracking algorithms. You will develop detection and tracking pipelines, train and deploy perception models, optimize low-latency performance, integrate systems into autonomous platforms, and define tracking metrics and test scenarios.
Requirements
- 2–3 years of experience with perception algorithms, robotics, or machine learning
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Math, or a related field
- Experience developing real-time vision-based tracking algorithms
- Experience with object detection and tracking algorithms
- Knowledge of linear algebra, probability, statistics, and optimal estimation
- Experience with image preprocessing and feature extraction
- Proficiency in Python and C++
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, test, debug, and maintain 3D computer-vision multi-object tracking algorithms and infrastructure
- Develop and optimize real-time detection and tracking algorithms
- Implement and improve object detection and multi-object tracking pipelines
- Train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models for perception tasks
- Design image preprocessing and feature extraction pipelines
- Optimize tracking pipelines for embedded hardware and GPUs
- Integrate perception systems into autonomous platforms
- Participate in requirements, design, testing, deployment, and maintenance
- Define tracking metrics, evaluation harnesses, and test scenarios
Benefits
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off