Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Perception

About Us

At Agtonomy, we're not just building tech-we're transforming how vital industries get work done. Our Physical AI and fleet services turn heavy machinery into intelligent, autonomous systems that tackle the toughest challenges in agriculture, turf, and beyond. Partnering with industry-leading equipment manufacturers, we're creating a future where labor shortages, environmental strain, and inefficiencies are relics of the past. Our team is a tight-knit group of bold thinkers-engineers, innovators, and industry experts-who thrive on turning audacious ideas into reality. If you want to shape the future of industries that matter, this is your shot.

About the Role

We're looking for a skilled software engineer to build and refine perception algorithms that give our autonomous tractors human-like awareness in rugged environments. You'll develop computer vision and machine learning systems to process noisy data from cameras, LiDAR, and radar, enabling tractors to navigate through any type of dirty mess it may find itself in. This role is hands-on : you'll write production-grade software, optimize models for embedded hardware, and test your work on real tractors at operating farms all over the world. Working closely with team members across the autonomy stack, you'll own critical pieces of our perception stack, driving innovations that make our systems generalized, safe and reliable.

What you'll do

• Develop computer vision and machine learning models for real-time perception systems, enabling tractors to identify crops, obstacles, and terrain in varying unpredictable conditions.
• Build sensor fusion algorithms to combine camera, LiDAR, and radar data, creating robust 3D scene understanding that handles challenges like crop occlusions or GNSS drift.
• Optimize models for low-latency inference on resource-constrained hardware, balancing accuracy and performance.
• Design and test data pipelines to curate and label large sensor datasets, ensuring high-quality inputs for training and validation, with tools to visualize and debug failures.
• Analyze performance metrics and iterate on algorithms to improve accuracy and efficiency of various perception subsystems.

What you'll bring

What makes you a strong fit

$180,000 - $250,000 a year

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $180,000 to $250,000 + equity + benefits + unlimited PTO

The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location, internal equity, and additional factors, including, but not limited to, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or specialty training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.

Benefits

Our interview process is generally conducted in five (5) phases :

1. Phone Screen with Hiring Manager (30 minutes)

2. Technical Evaluation in Domain (1 hour)

3. Software Engineering Evaluation (1 hour)

4. Panel Interview (Video interviews scheduled with key stakeholders, each interview will be 30 to 60 minutes)