Team Lead - Perception

What You’ll Work On

• Perception Roadmap: Own the technical roadmap for perception, deciding what we build, in which order and how we measure progress.
• Architecture & Algorithms: Define the architecture of the perception stack and make the core algorithmic decisions across detection, tracking, segmentation and depth.
• Detection & Tracking: Ship object detection and multi-object tracking that stay reliable on real mission data from our autonomous platforms.
• Segmentation & Depth: Deliver semantic segmentation and depth estimation that give downstream autonomy a dependable picture of the scene.
• Evaluation & Replay: Build the evaluation and replay loop so the team iterates mostly on recorded data, with clear metrics, benchmark datasets and regression tests.
• Real-World Deployment: Take models from training to onboard compute and field trials, and improve them until they work under real operating conditions.
• Team Building: Hire the perception team, set the bar for engineering quality and mentor engineers while staying hands-on in the code.

Your Profile

• You take ownership of hard technical problems and lead from the front, staying hands-on while setting direction for others.
• You hold a Ph.D. with 3+ years of industry experience, or an M.Sc . with 6+ years, in Computer Vision, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• You have a proven record of building perception systems that shipped and worked in the real world, in robotics, autonomous driving, AR/VR, drones or adjacent domains.
• You bring deep expertise across modern perception, including object detection, tracking, segmentation and depth estimation, and you base architecture decisions on evaluation data.
• You have led engineering teams, including hiring, setting technical direction and growing people.
• You speak fluent English; German is a plus. Given the nature of SE3's work in the defence sector, candidates must be eligible to work on defence-related projects and, where required, obtain the relevant security clearance.

Especially Valued Bonus Skills

• Publications at CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS or similar venues.
• Experience building a team or technical function at an early-stage company.
• Supervising students or researchers and turning research into product.
• Deploying models on real-time, resource-constrained compute such as Jetson-class platforms.
• Field experience with UAVs or other robots that get tested outside the lab.

Perks & Benefits

• Real Ownership: Participate in SE3’s growth through our employee participation programme
• Work Environment to Excel at: Find a high-quality and modern toolset, flat hierarchy and a skilled, driven team which will push the limits together with you
• AI-boosted workplace: We empower every employee with best-in-class AI tools and agents, giving you unlimited access to the latest advancements and a true productivity edge
• 31 Paid Days Off: 30 vacation days plus your birthday off
• Well-being Access: Free membership to gyms, yoga, and wellness through EGYM Wellpass
• Team Offsites: We go on 2 company retreats per year, our last ones were in Italy and Greece
• Mentorship: Work closely with experienced engineers and get paired with a professional mentor to support your growth

Our Process

• Intro Call (30 min): Let’s get to know each other
• Coding / Algorithm Interview: (90 min) : We work through a practical perception, estimation, or robotics software problem together
• Technical Interview (1 hr): We dive into perception systems you have built and shipped, the hardest technical decisions you have made and how you raise the bar for a team.
• Team Dinner / Lunch : Meet the team and see whether it is a strong fit on both sides.

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