Computer Vision Engineer, Senior

9 Mothers Defense develops AI-enabled systems to counter unmanned aerial threats. Our first product, EDDA, is an autonomous counter-sUAS point-defense platform designed to detect, track, and neutralize Group 1 drone threats. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

We are seeking a Senior Computer Vision Engineer to serve as the “eyes” of our autonomous c-sUAS platforms. You will design, implement, and optimize the entire perception pipeline, specializing in low-latency, high-frame-rate processing to track small, fast objects with zero margin for error. You should be comfortable building models and systems from the ground up, moving beyond simply utilizing existing frameworks.

• Prior defense startup experience.

• Security clearance or the ability to obtain one.

• A passion for building robots or engineering projects as a hobby.

1. Application screen phone call (30 min)

2. Virtual interview with co-founder/CTO + Director of Engineering (45 min via MS Teams)

3. Paid take-home consulting agreement ($500, ~4-8 hours)

4. Review work

5. Virtual interview with co-founder/CEO (45 min via MS Teams)

6. In-person visit to Austin

7. Offer