Job Description
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Research, design and implement state-of-the-art perception capabilities, taking ideas from conception into world-class field solutions
Work with and deploy our AI stack to edge devices
Work in collaboration with the other deep learning engineers to architect and develop tools help to scale up our deep learning operations
Stay abreast with the literature and actively involve in various R&D project(s)
Demonstrable experience in delivering deep-learning-based solutions to solve computer vision problems with industry-based experience between 3 – 5 years
Strong understanding of using convolutional neural networks and/or transformers for object classification, recognition or segmentation
Experience working with recent Foundation Models
Experience with implementing novel deep learning network architectures using existing frameworks (TensorFlow, Caffe, PyTorch or similar)
Relevant tertiary qualifications (Bachelors/Master/PhD in Computer Science or related fields)
Publication(s) in world-leading Computer Vision/Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning conferences/journals (i.e., CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, PAMI, JMLR)
C++ and/or Python development experience
In-depth understanding of the latest deep learning network architectures for computer vision and image processing
Experience with any of the following: object detection and target tracking, simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM), 3D reconstruction, camera calibration, behaviour analysis, foundation models, vision language models, large multi-modal models, automated video surveillance and related fields
Experience deploying deep learning models in an embedded production context, including experience of structured and unstructured pruning, network quantization and performance tuning
Experience in maintaining and/or setting up MLOps systems and services
Experience in mentoring junior engineers/researchers in the related fields
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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
About Shield AI
Defense AI company building the world's best AI pilot for autonomous drones and fighter jets.
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Location
Melbourne
Salary (est. USD)
~$187K - $300K (est. USD)
Estimated based on role seniority, stage (Series F) & industry benchmarks.
How is this calculated?
Seniority
Staff / Principal
Domain
ML / AI (+25%)
Base range
$187K – $300K
Department
AUS
Type
Intern
Vertical
Robotics
Posted
2 days ago
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