Senior Computer Vision Engineer

The Opportunity

What You'll Do:

Develop and deploy computer vision systems for autonomous landing and landing zone evaluation

Build perception systems for targetless landing in unstructured and dynamic environments

Mentor junior perception engineers and raise the quality bar for how perception systems are designed, tested, and deployed

Develop algorithms for terrain understanding, obstacle detection, and environment classification

Work with onboard camera, IMU, GPS, and other sensor data in real flight environments

Improve system performance using operational flight data, testing, and iteration

Collaborate across autonomy, GNC, and flight operations teams to integrate perception into flight behaviors

Debug perception and autonomy issues observed during simulation, ground testing, and flight operations

Contribute to software architecture, testing, integration, and deployment workflows

What You'll Bring:

5+ years of experience developing and deploying computer vision or perception systems in real-world environments

Strong proficiency in C++ and Python

Experience with perception systems for robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, or aerospace platforms

Experience working with real sensor data and operational deployment constraints

Strong understanding of camera systems, sensor fusion, and state estimation concepts

Experience debugging and improving deployed perception systems using logs, telemetry, or flight data

Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving engineering environments

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Bonus Points If You Have:

Experience with autonomous aircraft or aerial robotics

Experience with landing zone evaluation, terrain classification, or visual navigation systems

Background in SLAM, visual odometry, or GPS-denied navigation

Experience with embedded or real-time systems

Familiarity with ROS2 or similar robotics frameworks

Experience deploying perception systems to resource-constrained platforms

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Due to U.S. government contract requirements, this role is limited to U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or candidates from specific countries authorized under applicable export control regulations.

Skyways is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.