Machine Learning Engineer, Detection and Tracking
Helsing · Washington, DC
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At a glance
Highlights
- Own detection and tracking models powering autonomous drone products.
- Work across electro-optical, infrared and other imaging sources.
- Contribute directly to protection of democratic countries.
What they offer
- Focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
- Insurance coverage including medical and travel
- Flexible paid time off
- Paid holidays
Ideal candidate
Mission-driven applied ML engineer with 5+ years turning vision systems into reliable production products. You have strong data intuition, take end-to-end ownership, and want your work to defend democracies.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in applied machine learning or computer vision
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field; Master's or PhD preferred
- Production experience training and deploying object detection models
- Proficient in Python and PyTorch or comparable deep learning framework
- Strong intuition for data quality, training curves and evaluation metrics
- Experience with full model lifecycle from curation and annotation to deployment
- Experience optimizing models for SWaP-constrained and edge platforms
- Hands-on understanding of multi-object tracking
- U.S. citizenship required
- remote policy
- Remote and/or hybrid work available depending on position
Lab profile
About Helsing
Defence AI company building AI-enabled capabilities to protect democracies.
What they build
- Autonomous combat drones (HX-2)
- AI agents for fighter aircraft
- AI-based surveillance and reconnaissance systems
Known for
- Defence AI
- Autonomy and robotics
- Perception and sensor fusion
- Avionics and systems engineering
Key facts
- Founded in 2021
- Headquartered in Berlin, Germany
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