Lead Perception Engineer

Job overview

The Lead Perception Engineer works onsite in Woburn, MA. Compensation is not specified. The role supports ATI’s robotics technology for automated tire changing and wheel balancing. This engineer leads the perception team while remaining hands-on in developing and deploying robotic vision systems. The work advances the perception stack from architecture and experimentation through validation and real-world deployment.

What you'll do

• Lead the perception team through development, deployment, and continuous improvement
• develop classical computer vision and machine-learning solutions for classification, detection, tracking, localization, pose estimation, and 3D reconstruction
• select and integrate sensors
• build data collection and evaluation pipelines
• develop, train, and deploy deep-learning models
• define metrics and lead testing, validation, and calibration
• design real-time perception pipelines
• debug robotic systems and hardware-software integration
• mentor engineers and collaborate across engineering teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

lead perception engineer

robotics

computer vision

machine learning

perception systems

sensor integration

deep learning

python

c++

woburn ma

ati

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Comprehensive benefits package
• on-site parking.

Why this role

Combines technical leadership with hands-on robotics perception engineering; ROS 2 experience is preferred.

About the employer

ATI is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.