Chief CV/ML Engineer
$250k - $350kAllen Control Systems
Job Description
Job Description
Chief Computer Vision & Machine Learning Engineer for Autonomous Anti-Drone Systems
Company Overview:
Allen Control Systems (ACS) is a cutting-edge defense startup founded by two former Navy electrical engineers with a proven track record in robotics and software. We are developing an autonomous gun turret using advanced computer vision and control systems to precisely detect, track, and neutralize enemy drones.
With an engineering-first culture, ACS values technical excellence and innovation. Backed by our founders' successful exits from two previous venture acquired for a combined $180M in 2022, we are committed to ensuring that the groundbreaking technologies we develop will have a real-world impact.
About The Role:
We are looking for a Chief Engineer, Computer Vision/Machine Learning to own technical direction and architecture for the CV/ML systems at the core of our autonomous gun turret. Working with our VP of AI and CV/ML Engineering Managers and individual contributors, you will set the technical strategy for real-time drone detection, tracking, and classification, and see it through from architecture to fielded, military-grade systems. This is a senior technical leadership role: your time will center on architecture, design review, and the hardest technical problems on the program, with a small group of senior engineers reporting to you.
What You’ll Do
Own the technical roadmap and architecture for the CV/ML stack, setting direction that Engineering Managers and their teams execute against.
Make and document the consequential technical decisions: sensor and compute architecture, model strategy, real-time performance tradeoffs, and how the perception system evolves across weapon system variants and engagement ranges.
Personally drive the hardest and most ambiguous technical problems on the program, from concept through field validation.
Lead a small group of senior CV/ML engineers, and mentor senior and staff engineers and managers across the broader team through design review and technical guidance.
Partner with the VP of AI and Engineering Managers to align technical strategy with product goals, delivery commitments, and hiring plans.
Set and uphold the technical quality bar across the CV/ML organization through architecture review, design review, and validation standards.
What You’ll Need
Deep expertise and 15+ years of experience in machine-learning-based computer vision and traditional image and signal processing, ideally in robotics, including systems deployed in real-time or safety-critical applications.
A track record of owning the architecture of a complex perception or autonomy system across multiple years and releases, from initial design through production hardening.
Demonstrated ability to set technical direction that other teams execute against, and to drive alignment through expertise and influence as well as authority.
Experience mentoring and leading senior team members, whether as a formal manager or as a principal-level technical leader.
At least a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with a strong focus on machine learning and computer vision.
Strong command of Python and C++ and modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, with the depth to review and guide work across the stack even where you are not writing the code yourself.
Comfort operating in a fast-moving, engineering-first environment where architecture decisions carry hard real-world consequences.
You’ll Stand Out
Prior experience as a Principal Engineer, Chief Engineer, or technical director for a perception, autonomy, or weapons/aerospace program.
Ph.D. in computer vision, machine learning, or related fields.
Experience with object detection and tracking in challenging real-world conditions such as small targets, cluttered backgrounds, or low-contrast imagery.
Background in defense, aerospace, or autonomous systems where performance and reliability requirements are non-negotiable.
Experience architecting systems for edge hardware such as NVIDIA Jetson or similar embedded GPU platforms, or with multi-sensor fusion across modalities such as optical and infrared cameras.
Experience taking a system through field testing, hardware integration cycles, and production hardening, not just software-only development.
What We Offer
Competitive salary
ACS Equity Package
Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Allen Control Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer, providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Allen Control Systems prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. #LI-AS1
Compensation Range: $250K - $350K
$180k - $300k
...Description Computer Vision & Machine Learning Engineering Manager for Autonomous Anti-Drone Systems... ...: you will contribute directly to the CV/ML stack while managing and growing the team... ...team scales. You will partner with our Chief Engineers and VP of AI to define the CV/...SuggestedLocal areaShift workAllen Control Systems
Mountain View, CA11 days ago- ...About the Role We’re looking for an Applied ML Engineer to design, evaluate, and scale recommendation and ranking systems that power how content, ads, and interactive experiences are selected and surfaced in real time. This role focuses on decision-making systems, with...SuggestedFull time
Darwin
Palo Alto, CA1 day ago - ...GorusuCompany: SRI Tech SolutionsJob Title: AI / ML engineerLocation: Sunnyvale, CANOTE:... ...and experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineer / AI Solutions Architect with over 7 years... ...FastAPI, Flask, StreamlitGenerative AI & CV Tools: YOLOv8, SAM, Stable Diffusion (2.1,...SuggestedFull time
- ...CAEmployment Type: 1099, C2C, W-2Industry: Computer SoftwareClient: WiproContact: Meghana GorusuCompany: SRI Tech SolutionsJob Title: ML Engineer with LLMLocation: Sunnyvale, CA(onsite)Job Description:6-8 years of experience in machine learning and LLM, with a proven track...Suggested
$161k - $221k
Who We AreApplied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display... ...perform algorithmic concept and feasibility for classical, and ML/DL based computer vision algorithms, including problem analysis...SuggestedFull timeWork experience placement- ...deliver a product that will help serve tens of millions of customers per day.Your Role and ResponsibilitiesWe are seeking to hire an ML Engineer to join our growing team! This is a hands-on technical role where you will spend most of your time designing, coding, and...Full timeTemporary workPart time
$207k - $301k
...prediction, ranking, embedding) in production and experience building architecture in different modeling domains.5 years of experience with ML design and ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).5 years of...$250k - $350k
About the RoleWe are seeking Senior/Staff level Inference Engineers to accelerate the performance of Pika's AI-driven products. In this highly technical role, you will operate at the intersection of cutting-edge inference acceleration, GPU parallelism, advanced model deployment...Work at office3 days per week- We are looking for a Senior MLOps engineer to work closely with Data Scientists to build and deploy ML models on a modern MLOps stack. As an Executive Director Machine Learning Engineer on the Recommendation Engine team, you’ll implement fine-tuning and reinforcement learning...
$281k - $356k
...innovations. You'll build active learning and ML-aided labeling workflows to tackle rare, "... ...You'll partner closely with Product and Engineering teams, especially those focused on data... ...experience developing and deploying ML-driven CV/Perception systems, and 3+ years of...Full timeTemporary workRemote workWaymo
Mountain View, CA1 day ago- ...millions of patients worldwide.We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one... ...robotic platforms. As a Senior AI/ML Research Engineer (Computer Vision), you will... ...research experience.Strong grasp of modern CV and deep-learning fundamentals: CNNs and vision...Local areaWorldwideFlexible hours
$190k - $234k
...enterprise marketing. What You’ll Do As a StaffMachine Learning Engineer/Applied Scientist, you will be responsible for building machine... ...Science or a related fieldExperience with building and evolving ML Training and Inferencing systems at significant scale with a purpose...Work at officeLocal area3 days per week- ...millions of patients worldwide.We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one... ...to conceive, develop, and implement AI/ML approaches to extract novel insights from... ...modelsStay up to date with the latest pathology CV/ML literature, use this to inform research...Work at officeLocal areaWorldwideFlexible hours
$189.3k - $320.7k
...deploying machine learning solutions that support safe and reliable autonomous vehicle behavior across real-world scenarios.As a Staff ML Engineer on the Prometheus team within the Embodied AI organization, you will be a senior engineer responsible for developing and...Full timeLocal areaRemote workWork from homeRelocationRelocation packageFlexible hours$153.2k - $234.1k
...the critical infrastructure that powers every machine learning engineer working on our cutting-edge Autonomous Driving models. From foundational... ...build the world's most advanced driverless vehicles.As a Senior ML Infra Engineer, you will build critical infrastructure that...Full timeWork at officeLocal areaRemote workWork from homeRelocationRelocation packageFlexible hours$153.2k - $234.1k
...machine learning solutions that support safe and reliable autonomous vehicle behavior across real-world scenarios. As a Senior ML Infra Engineer, you will work on the core systems that enable rapid dataset generation, training, evaluation and iteration of our most...Full timeLocal areaRemote workWork from homeRelocation packageFlexible hours$189k - $300k
...quality across the data loop. The team directly works on and delivers ML models to the product that successively go up the Data Scaling... ...-edge technology and a collaborative, high-impact team of AI/ML engineers, data scientists and engineers who are passionate about...Full timeLocal areaRemote workWork from homeRelocationRelocation packageFlexible hours$124k - $250k
...who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.A Day in the LifeAs a member of our software engineering infra team, you'll solve technical challenges, including upgrading and implementing state-of-the-art software infrastructure. The...$155.42k - $205.9k
...and scalability. We enable rapid innovation and development by prioritizing high-impact, ML-centric use cases. About the Role: We are seeking a Senior ML Infrastructure engineer to help build and scale robust Compute platforms for Simulation workflows. In this role, you...Full timeLocal areaRemote workWork from homeRelocationRelocation packageFlexible hours$230k - $260k
...enterprise marketing. What You’ll Do As a Principal Machine Learning Engineer, you will operate at the company level—defining technical... ...generative AI at Typeface. You will lead the design of large-scale ML systems and shared platforms that power all generative...Work at officeImmediate start3 days per week$207k - $300k
...to generate content for proactive surfaces like Discover and Notifications.Develop AI-generated content through advanced context engineering and agentic feedback loops to identify and deliver engaging stories globally.Conduct advanced quality evaluations and leverage downstream...- ...Coupang now to create an epic experience in this always-on, high-tech, and hyper-connected world.Role OverviewAs our Staff Software Engineer, ML infra Engineer for Search & Discovery organization, you will be in charge of designing and implementing durable & efficient...Temporary work
$174.9k - $261.3k
...vehicles how to see and understand the world!The Data Labeling Engineering team designs, builds, and operates hybrid human/machine data labeling... ...intersection of software engineering, data engineering, and AI/ML, defining the strategies, tooling, and quality controls that...Full timeLocal areaRemote workWork from homeRelocation packageFlexible hours$90.1k - $191.8k
...vehicles how to see and understand the world!The Data Labeling Engineering team designs, builds, and operates high‑quality hybrid human/machine... ...intersection of software engineering, data engineering, and ML, defining labeling strategies, tooling, and quality controls...Full timeWork experience placementLocal areaRemote workWork from homeRelocation packageFlexible hours- ...role We are hiring Computer Vision / Machine Learning Software Engineers to build compute-constrained models for deployed robots. You'll... ...-constrained models Collaborate across teams to deploy CV/ML models into production Improve ML pipelines and infrastructure...Full timeVisa sponsorship
Corvus Robotics
Mountain View, CA1 day ago $240k - $275k
...is the intelligence layer. We are looking for a Staff Autonomy Engineer to own this layer end to end. You will define how our robot’s reason... ...control, end-to-end learned autonomy systems, or large-scale ML for real-time decision making. ~ Hands-on experience integrating...Full timeKnightscope
Sunnyvale, CA27 days ago$180k
...knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate... ...share knowledge with their teammates. ABOUT THE ROLE: As an ML Infrastructure Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in...Temporary workWork experience placementSpaceXAI
Palo Alto, CA26 days ago$159.05k - $199.3k
...or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. About the role We are looking for a software engineer with deep experience in optimizing ML models and deploying them on production‑grade embedded runtime environments. You’ll work across the entire ML framework...Full timeFor contractorsFor subcontractorCasual workWork at officeRemote workDay shift- ...& Responsibilities Design, build, and deploy production‑grade ML systems with end‑to‑end ownership of the model lifecycle from conception... ...a related field. 1-6 years of professional experience in ML engineering. Strong programming skills in Python (TypeScript experience is...Full time
- Job Title: ML Engineer What You Will Own End‑to‑End ML Lifecycle across real products: data ingestion, feature design, model selection, training, deployment, monitoring and iteration. No handoffs. Production‑grade ML systems built with PyTorch or TensorFlow, focusing...
Do you want to receive more vacancies?
Subscribe and receive similar vacancies to Chief CV/ML Engineer. Be the first to apply!
- senior director engineering Mountain View, CA
- principal developer Mountain View, CA
- principal engineer Mountain View, CA
- principal infrastructure engineer Mountain View, CA
- senior civil engineer project manager Mountain View, CA
- director software engineering Mountain View, CA
- general engineer Mountain View, CA
- engineering director Mountain View, CA
- chief engineer Mountain View, CA
- hotel chief engineer Mountain View, CA