Dedrone · 1 month ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Computer Vision
Sterling, Virginia, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expDedrone is the world’s most trusted smart airspace security company, providing solutions to protect against drone threats. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Computer Vision, you will design and implement advanced algorithms to detect and classify flying objects, contributing to the security of airspace environments.
Cyber SecurityDrone ManagementNational SecuritySensor
Responsibilities
Design, train, and evaluate representation learning and self-supervised learning models for detecting, tracking, and classifying flying objects from multi-camera systems
Explore and implement state-of-the-art SSL techniques (e.g., contrastive learning, masked image modeling, multi-view/temporal SSL) to leverage large-scale unlabeled video and image data
Develop, test, and optimize end-to-end computer vision pipelines (detection, tracking, re-identification, classification) built on top of learned representations
Translate research papers into production-quality code: design experiments, run ablations, manage benchmarks, and clearly communicate results
Keep pace with industry and academic advancements by surveying literature, attending conferences, and engaging with the research community, and bring those insights back into the product roadmap
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated experience in representation learning and self-supervised learning for computer vision, ideally on video or multi-camera problems (e.g., contrastive learning, MOCO, SimCLR, BYOL, MAE, DINO, etc.)
Proven track record training and deploying deep vision models (e.g., YOLO, Faster/Mask RCNN, RT-DETR, or transformer-based detectors) and building applications on top of learned features
5+ years of experience with the Python programming language and object-oriented design, with strong skills in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch (or TensorFlow/JAX)
Strong background in computer science, applied math, or electrical engineering, with a solid grasp of the mathematical principles underlying deep learning, optimization, and probabilistic tracking
Experience designing and running rigorous experiments: dataset curation, evaluation protocols, statistical analysis, and clear reporting of results
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, and a track record of applying the scientific method to develop, validate, and iteratively improve algorithmic solutions in a production or research environment
Preferred
Publications in top-tier vision/ML conferences (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML) or equivalent evidence of research impact
Benefits
Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
Discretionary paid time off
Paid parental leave for all
Medical, Dental, Vision plans
Fitness Programs
Emotional & Mental Wellness support
Learning & Development programs
And yes, we have snacks in our offices
Company
Dedrone
Dedrone develops drone detection technology to protect organizations from malicious drones by securing the airspace.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$127.86MKey Investors
AxonTempoCapFelicis
2024-05-06Acquired
2022-07-13Series C· $30M
2021-12-17Series C· $30.5M
Leadership Team
Joerg Lamprecht
Executive Chairman, CEO, and Founder
Rene Seeber
CTO & Co-Founder
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