Hiring: Engineering Manager, Perception and Machine Learning Company: HavocAI Location: United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 19:29:29 Target Skills & Keywords : Computer Vision, Docker, Embedded Systems, Kubernetes, MLflow, Machine Learning, ONNX, PyTorch, TensorRT About the job Experience: •7+ years of relevant engineering experience in perception, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, autonomy, sensor fusion, or related fields. •2+ years of direct people-management experience, ideally managing engineers in a highly technical environment. Required Skills: •As the Engineering Manager, Perception & Machine Learning, you will lead the team responsible for developing the perception and machine learning capabilities that enable HavocAI’s autonomous systems to understand and operate within the world around them. •You’ll work closely with Autonomy, Embedded, Data, Simulation, Product, Programs, and Field Operations to translate mission and product requirements into clear engineering priorities. You should be comfortable balancing technical decisions, team development, execution, and changing priorities in a fast-moving environment. •Lead, manage, and develop a team of perception, machine learning, sensor fusion, and software engineers. •Own team planning, prioritization, execution, and delivery against the Perception & ML roadmap. •Establish clear goals, responsibilities, and expectations for the team and hold engineers accountable for results. •Partner with senior technical contributors to guide architecture and technical decisions across computer vision, sensor fusion, tracking, detection, classification, segmentation, and related capabilities. •Oversee development and maturation of model training, evaluation, data curation, validation, and deployment workflows. •Ensure perception capabilities are designed around real-world performance, reliability, compute constraints, and field readiness. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field. •Strong technical understanding of modern perception systems, including computer vision, sensor fusion, tracking, detection, classification, or ML-based scene understanding. •Demonstrated ability to manage engineering priorities, technical roadmaps, dependencies, and delivery across multiple initiatives. •Strong cross-functional leadership skills and experience partnering with software, autonomy, data, hardware, product, and field teams. •Demonstrated capacity to make sound decisions across technical performance, schedule, resources, risk, and product requirements. •Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate technical issues and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. •High ownership, sound judgment, and comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments. •U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance. •Advanced degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Vision, or a related field. •Previous experience managing a Perception, ML, Robotics, or Autonomy engineering team. Compensation: •100% Employer paid Health, Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!