Staff AI Engineer, Perception

Agility Robotics•Salem, OR

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential. Agility Robotics is deploying humanoid robots that are solving real-world challenges in logistics and manufacturing. Perceiving and understanding the world is critical to Digit’s success in these applications. The Perception team is looking for a staff machine learning engineer to own the design and development of object detection and tracking algorithms.

Requirements

5+ years of experience deploying machine learning-based object detection algorithms on mobile robots with at least 2 years of experience in a technical leadership role
Proficiency in related technical areas such as (but not limited to) deep convolutional neural networks, multi-object tracking, data association, supervised learning and pose estimation
Strong mathematical fundamentals in linear algebra and numerical optimization and familiarity with core geometric concepts in computer vision
Familiarity with common computer vision and machine learning libraries such as (but not limited to) PyTorch, OpenCV, NumPy, etc.
Experience designing and optimizing algorithms for efficient execution across CPU and GPU architectures
Experience with MLOps such as (but not limited to) data annotation services, data storage, model evaluation tools, and model deployment
Publications in your field (CVPR, ICCV, RSS, ICRA preferred)

Nice To Haves

Experience using YOLO, Faster/Mask R-CNN
Experience developing ML models for 3 or 6 dof pose estimation

Responsibilities

As a technical lead, you will own the architecture and technical roadmap for object perception systems used by the robot in production
Design, develop, and deploy machine learning algorithms for multi-object detection, scene understanding, and 6-DoF object pose estimation
Evaluate and drive adoption of state-of-the-art perception models
Promote best practices in architecture, design, and testing to deliver high-quality, scalable software
Optimize deep neural networks and associated data processing to run efficiently on embedded systems
Collaborate with navigation, manipulation and hardware teams to align perception capabilities with product requirements

Benefits

401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
Equity: Company stock options.
Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Time Off: Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown. Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.