About Zipline

About You and The Role  

In service of our mission to operate at global scale, we’re growing our perception capabilities, to expand quickly and safely into new products and locations, with the ultimate goal of delivering essential packages right to your doorstep. Our perception team is looking for a software engineer with an expertise in classical and modern computer vision, who is passionate about developing and shipping perception systems for the real world.

What You’ll Do  

• Investigate and develop computer vision algorithms and ML models for the perception system.
• Design integrated computer vision solutions while running in real-time on constrained compute and are robust to varied weather and lighting conditions
• Build machine learning models using deep learning for computer vision tasks such as semantic/panoptic segmentation, object detection, video understanding, etc.
• Build software infrastructure to enable learning algorithms to leverage our large-scale fleet data
• Understand the inner workings of neural networks to uncover edge cases and make safety determinations
• Identify and mitigate bottlenecks in our machine learning development processes

What You’ll Bring 

• 5+ years of professional experience developing software for hardware products in a safety-critical field, e.g. aerospace, robotics, medical devices, autonomous vehicles
• Solid foundation in computer vision; key areas of interest include: camera calibration; object detection, tracking and recognition; multiple view geometry, 3D computer vision and SfM/SLAM; visual odometry; activity recognition
• Deep understanding of machine learning technology and experience with turning machine learning technologies into practical, state-of-the-art systems
• Deep understanding of the theory and practice of modern machine learning techniques
• Hands-on experience in computer vision and ML projects (2+ years).
• Experience building reproducible data and machine learning pipelines
• Experience working with production software. You are able to understand and contribute to high-quality software for a complex system.
• Strong 3D geometry, linear algebra, statistics and probability skills.
• Strong software engineering skills, with mastery of relevant languages like Python and C++
• Generalist mindset, with the ability to work cross platform, from spooling up cloud compute services to optimizing for embedded systems
• Experience deploying machine learning solutions on real robots

What Else You Need to Know

The starting cash range for this role is $180,000 - $225,000. Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role. The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors, including a specific candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, working location, and projected impact. The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.