Senior Software Engineer, Perception (R5420)

Shield AIWashington, DC
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Posted on: 29 Jul 2026

Job Description

The Hivemind Solutions Perception team develops the next generation of perception capabilities for autonomous systems by combining state-of-the-art machine learning with the proven foundations of computer vision. The team advances how autonomous platforms understand and interpret the world by developing vision, vision-language (VLM), and vision-language-action (VLA) models that tackle core perception challenges such as object understanding, scene interpretation, and mission-relevant environmental awareness. Working at the intersection of research and production, our engineers build the data pipelines, supervised fine-tuning (SFT) workflows, evaluation frameworks, and deployment infrastructure needed to transform cutting-edge AI research into reliable, mission-ready perception capabilities. In this role, you'll develop and deploy advanced machine learning models that solve real-world perception challenges for autonomous systems. You'll own major features from model development through

Job Overview

Salary:
Not disclosed
JOB TYPE:
Not specified
Experience:
5+ years
Job Location:
Washington, DC
Job Level:
Not specified
Education:
Graduation