Autonomy Engineer – Perception

Tycho.AI

Autonomy Engineer at Tycho.AI designing and validating perception systems for autonomous vehicles. Collaborating with a cross-functional team on innovative AI/ML and robotics solutions.

Posted 4/12/2026full-timeCambridge • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and maintain autonomy software for computer vision and autonomy tasks, including scene reconstruction, object detection, and navigation.
Integrate systems into real-world platforms, bridging research and production.
Stay current on research and apply state-of-the-art techniques in autonomy and perception.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master’s or PhD degree in Robotics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; or equivalent working experience.
Proficiency in C/C++ with experience shipping production-grade software.
Experience building SLAM, perception, and sensor fusion systems.
Strong foundation in both 2D (e.g., object detection, segmentation) and 3D (e.g., multi-view geometry, scene reconstruction) computer vision and perception tasks.
Hands-on experience working with real sensor data, particularly in challenging environments, such as night, sea, or underground.
Experience with recent developments in ML for computer vision, including ViT and other ML architectures for tasks like segmentation, object detection, classification etc.
Comfortable developing and reasoning about multi-threaded real-time systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Meaningful equity
Generous benefits package

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Hard Skills & Tools

CC++SLAMperception systemssensor fusionobject detectionsegmentationmulti-view geometryscene reconstructionmachine learning

Certifications

Master’s degreePhD degree