Transfyr · 2 weeks ago
Perception Engineer (Member of the Technical Staff)
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid, Senior LevelTransfyr is building physical AI for science, aiming to make scientific work more legible and reproducible. The Perception Engineer will design and deploy systems that interpret real-world scientific actions and automate data capture in laboratory environments.
Biotechnology
Responsibilities
Design perception systems that make real-world scientific execution legible, translating physical actions and system state into structured, reusable data
Build and deploy computer vision systems that operate reliably in live laboratory environments, tracking people, objects, instruments, and automation under real-world variability
Develop multimodal perception pipelines that integrate video with audio, sensor data, metadata, and experimental context, in close partnership with software and AI/ML engineers
Work directly alongside scientists and operators in our Cambridge-based laboratory and at customer sites, observing failure modes firsthand and iterating until systems are robust to changing conditions (lighting, layouts, equipment, etc)
Enable transferable science and future automation by building a physical AI layer that supports workflows generalizing across labs, teams, and geographies
Enable generalizable automation in scientific settings by building a robust physical AI layer that understands the actions that are taken to achieve experimental outcomes
Qualification
Required
Deep experience in computer vision (Object Detection & Tracking, Pose Estimation, Activity Recognition, Video Understanding)
Fluent in Python and PyTorch
Experience deploying models to the cloud (AWS/GCP)
Experience with edge deployment for real-time inference using frameworks like TFLite and TensorRT
Ability to build a functional prototype in a weekend
Understanding of how to take prototypes to production
High agency
Biased toward action
Successful in ambiguity
Thoughtful
Clear, direct communicator
Intense
Preferred
Passion for and experience in science
Passion for and experience with AI
Demonstrated experience working in fast-moving/ambiguous environments (like startups)
Benefits
Low/no-cost health insurance options
HSA
401K with matching
Lunch subsidy
Company
Transfyr
We’re leveraging AI to solve one of the most consequential challenges in the pursuit of technical progress: the distribution of scientific innovations to the real world.
Founded in 2025
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase