Teleo

Robotics

LeadPerceptionEngineer

$220–330k ~AI est. Palo Alto, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Lead Perception Engineer at Teleo. Skills: Perception algorithms, MLOps, Robotics, AI. Re-use perception algorithms. Adapt perception algorithms”

Industry & Context.

Robotics

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

M. S. or higher in technical field, 3+ years in applied ML, Python + PyTorch experience, Experience shipping perception systems, Experience shipping ML systems, Systems thinker

Nice to Have

Auto-annotation techniques experience, Model evaluation experience, Perception tasks experience, Multi-modal data experience, Dataset management & slicing, Synthetic data experience, Simulation experience, Large-scale data pipelines

What You'll Do.

Re-use perception algorithms

Adapt perception algorithms

Extend perception algorithms

Develop multi-modal perception algorithms

Develop auto-annotation tools

Develop auto-labeling tools

Define evaluation protocols

Drive active learning

Full Job Description

## Description Teleo, a Havoc company, is a robotics company that transforms construction heavy equipment, including loaders, dozers, excavators, and trucks, into autonomous robots for commercial and defense applications. Our technology enables a single operator to supervise and control multiple machines simultaneously, delivering significant productivity gains while improving operator safety and comfort. Teleo was founded by a team of experienced technology leaders who previously led the development of Lyft's Self-Driving Car program and Google Street View. Teleo recently announced its merger with Havoc AI, a fast-growing defense technology company developing coordinated fleets of autonomous maritime vessels. This is a unique opportunity to join a team building technology with real-world impact. You will work on cutting-edge 100,000-pound autonomous robots and engineer complex systems at the intersection of hardware, software, robotics, and AI. Build perception algorithms and architecture, fusing multiple sensor modalities and supporting an evolving set of novel object classes, in order to provide safe operations for heavy machinery working on construction and mining sites. ## Core Responsibilities Re-use, adapt and extend existing perception algorithms (such as those commonly used in AV applications) to be applied to Teleo's operational domain and develop novel multi-modal perception algorithms (Re-)Train models as Teleo's operational domain evolves Develop auto-annotation and auto-labeling tools using SoTA methods, such as VLMs Define evaluation protocols that correlate with on-ground performance Drive active learning: select the right data Integrate tightly with MLOps for continuous deployment ## Required Qualifications M.S. or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field. 3+ years in applied ML with large-scale datasets Strong Python + PyTorch Experience shipping perception or ML systems into p

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