# Principal Software Engineer, Perception at True Talent Solutions Partners

- Company: True Talent Solutions Partners
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Alameda
- Level: Principal
- Discipline: AI & ML
- Employment: Full-time
- Salary: $300K–380K
- Posted: 2026-11-11
- Skills: Client Roles
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/true-talent-solutions-partners/1af3927f-7ee5-4d66-8980-70279aa8efec

## Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Lead the technical direction of perception for autonomous maritime vehicles. You will shape systems that combine sensor data into reliable information for safe vehicle operation in demanding ocean environments.


WHAT YOU'LL DO

 - Define architecture for sensor fusion, localization, tracking, mapping, and uncertainty estimation.

 - Integrate heterogeneous sensors, including radar and cameras, into a coherent information stream for downstream autonomy.

 - Partner with autonomy, navigation, and applied machine learning teams to support safe vehicle behavior.

 - Turn advanced research and algorithms into production systems that meet sensor, compute, latency, and environmental constraints.

 - Guide senior and staff engineers through architecture decisions, technical reviews, and hands-on problem solving.

 - Improve data labeling, ground-truth datasets, and evaluation frameworks for perception systems.

 - Contribute to hiring and mentor and develop the perception team.


WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

 - At least 8 years of experience in perception or robotics engineering, operating at staff or principal technical leadership level.

 - Hands-on ownership of production perception systems for autonomous vehicles or robots, including sensor fusion, localization, or estimation.

 - Strong expertise in computer vision, state estimation, tracking, mapping, SLAM, probabilistic estimation, and uncertainty modeling.

 - Experience translating algorithms into onboard software for constrained edge compute and real-time latency requirements.

 - Proficiency with C++ and Pyth

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