Senior Computer Vision and Autonomy Engineering Lead

What Impact You'll Have

Charles River Analytics, a GRVTY company, creates solutions and technology to tackle the world’s most challenging problems. Our team of technological entrepreneurs works together to push at the forefront of enhanced AI, robotics, smart sensing, and human-centered computing. The resulting research and development help to continuously advance government programs and discover new possibilities in the commercial marketplace. At Charles River, we take great pride in our success at attracting and retaining the most talented and creative problem-solvers in our field. Now as part of GRVTY, we offer the same trusted capabilities with increased organizational depth and expanded capacity across mission-critical national security domains. Are you ready to accelerate our mission-focused innovations? We’d love to hear from you!

We are seeking a Senior Computer Vision and Autonomy Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and team management for projects involving robotic navigation, autonomous systems, and advanced sensor processing. This position includes both senior level technical responsibilities and the opportunity to lead a team of 5–10 engineers. The ideal candidate demonstrates deep expertise in computer vision and autonomy, strong communication skills, and an interest in developing and mentoring engineering staff.

What You'll be Owning

• Provide technical leadership in the design, development, and integration of our existing computer vision and autonomy algorithms and software systems.
• Lead and mentor a team of computer vision, perception, and autonomy engineers; support hiring, onboarding, performance feedback, time management, and professional development.
• Develop robust, maintainable software solutions for applications such as object detection and tracking, SLAM, visual odometry, sensor fusion, and image processing.
• Optimize and deploy machine learning models on embedded, edge, and real-time systems using frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Oversee system architecture, technical reviews, code quality, and adherence to engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and operational subject matter experts to define technical requirements and translate research concepts into implementable solutions serving the ground, sea, air and space domains.
• Participate in customer engagements, including technical briefings, requirements discussions, field testing, and integration activities.
• Contribute to proposal development, technical documentation, reports, and transition planning for applied research and product development programs.
• Support the growth and scaling of internal technical capabilities to meet emerging program and commercialization needs.

What You Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field; a master’s degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
• 10 or more years of experience (or a master’s degree with 8 or more years) in computer vision, perception, or autonomy system development.
• Proficiency in Python and C++ with experience developing both research prototypes and production quality software.
• Experience working with robotics frameworks such as ROS2 and simulation environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in several key areas of computer vision, including object detection, tracking, SLAM, visual odometry, segmentation, or related fields.
• Experience conducting laboratory and field testing of robotic or autonomous systems.
• Familiarity with networking, system integration, and distributed system debugging.
• Strong understanding of software development best practices, including testing, version control, and code review processes.
• Demonstrated interest in technical team leadership and the ability to support the development of engineering talent.
• Ability and willingness to travel for customer meetings, integration events, and field exercises.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance.
• Ability to work on a hybrid schedule with at least 60% in-office presence at our Cambridge headquarters.

What Would be Nice to Have

• Experience with systems engineering, requirements analysis, and system level design.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines or modern DevOps/DevSecOps methodologies.

• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm)

• Experience integrating complex software systems into larger systems (APIs, communication).

• Familiarity with tools such as OpenCV, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and CUDA.

• Experience with data engineering practices and management of large datasets.

• Experience preparing technical deliverables such as specifications, reports, or contributions to academic publications.

• Why Choose GRVTY*

• The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. We’re purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched, systemic national security issues around the world.

• We partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defense—including the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages, giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented, every day of our lives.

• At GRVTY, we believe that when our employees thrive, our company thrives. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• • Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision• Health Savings Account with company contribution• Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays• Paid Parental Leave• 401k with generous company match• Training and Development Opportunities• Award Programs• Variety of Company Sponsored Events