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  • What we offer

    • Work in an international, agile team creating the future of autonomous systems
    • Grow your career in a expanding and ambitious engineering team
    • Build innovative products using state-of-the-art technologies in AI, robotics, and autonomy 
    • Benefit from a steep learning curve and continuous development
    • Enjoy team events and a strong, collaborative culture

    Your mission

    This role sits at the core of our perception systems, owning the data that directly drives model performance in real-world environments. You will work closely with ML, perception, and robotics teams, focusing on building, curating, and continuously improving datasets behind object detection — turning raw sensor data into reliable, high-performing systems.

    You will take end-to-end ownership of the ML data lifecycle, from data collection and ingestion to labeling, quality assurance, and continuous dataset improvement, ensuring data is representative, high-quality, and production-ready.

    What you'll do:

    • Design and maintain scalable pipelines to ingest, organize, and preprocess large volumes of time-series camera and multi-sensor data (RGB, IR, thermal, depth, IMU)
    • Own and continuously improve object detection datasets, ensuring quality, diversity, and statistical representativeness
    • Build and operate active learning loops, connecting model performance with data selection and improvement
    • Manage labeling workflows end-to-end, including tooling, QA validation, consistency checks, and coordination of annotation efforts
    • Collaborate with ML Engineers to evaluate models and translate weaknesses, bias, and drift into actionable dataset improvements
    • Plan and execute data collection campaigns (e.g. field recordings, drone/video capture) to acquire high-value real-world data
    • Create internal tools and dashboards to analyze dataset quality, distributions, and performance gaps

    Your profile

    • Strong experience in Python and data processing frameworks (Pandas, NumPy, vectorized operations, multiprocessing).
    • Hands-on experience building ETL/ELT pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and structuring large video and sensor datasets.
    • Experience with data orchestration and lifecycle management for ML and computer vision workflows, including dataset versioning and reproducibility.
    • Solid understanding of object detection pipelines (Detectron2, MMDetection, COCO format, bounding-box standards).
    • Experience with active learning, uncertainty sampling, or semi-supervised dataset workflows.
    • Familiarity with data annotation platforms (CVAT, Label Studio) and automated QA/consistency checks.
    • Strong grasp of evaluation metrics for object detection (IoU, mAP, precision-recall curves, class-wise metrics).
    • Comfortable with databases (SQL/NoSQL), file systems, and the management of large-scale image, video, and sensor datasets.
    • Ability to work cross-functionally with perception, deployment, robotics, and data infrastructure teams.
    • Fluent in English, German and/or French are a plus

    Nice to have

    • Experience with cloud storage and MLOps tools (AWS S3, MinIO, ClearML, MLFlow, Weights & Biases).
    • Familiarity with ROS / robotics data formats (bag files, TF trees, sensor_msgs), Docker, or embedded ML workflows.
    • Prior work with robotics, drones, or multi-sensor perception systems, including IR, LiDAR, radar, or audio datasets.

    What else

    • Outside-the-box creativity with a blend of conceptual and systematic design thinking.
    • High intrinsic motivation, attention to detail, and strong problem-solving mindset.
    • Structured, methodical, and reliable execution, even under uncertainty.
    • Humble, collaborative, and mission-driven — values collective success over ego.
    • High ethical standards and disciplined work ethic.
    • Extra-curricular achievements, leadership, or unique projects are a plus.
    • NATO-aligned nationality or close ally citizenship is required.

    Why us?

    Join us to shape the future of AI-driven defense!

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