Computer Vision and AI Specialist, Solar Innovation

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Embark on an exciting journey with AES as we pioneer the future of energy through Maximo, our innovative growth venture. Maximo, propelled by an AI-enabled robot, is transforming the construction of solar projects by expediting their completion.

As a pivotal contributor to our mission of scaling solar energy production at an unparalleled pace, Maximo is leading the charge to meet the urgent global demand for net-zero emissions. Maximo team members are firm believers that accelerating decarbonization necessitates audacious actions, empowering the world to fulfill future needs. 

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Robotics Perception and AI Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, optimizing, and implementing cutting-edge perception and AI algorithms to enable our robots to understand and interact with the world around them. You will leverage your deep expertise in computer vision, machine learning, and robotics to drive innovation and solve complex challenges. Duties will include developing advanced perception algorithms for tasks such as object detection, segmentation, and pose estimation, as well as leading the technical roadmap for the perception part aligned with our vision and Product Roadmap. 

A successful candidate is strongly motivated and passionate about solving perception and AI/ML problems and pushing the boundaries of what is possible today and will be an entrepreneurial, mission-driven individual responsible for actively progressing, developing, and executing the technical roadmap of our solar module installation robotic system. This individual will take on the responsibility of defining, designing, and implementing the perception software stack architecture and guide the Robotics and Hardware engineers to identify the best sensor suite.

In addition, this person will take ownership of developing and maintaining a machine learning pipeline, deploying new models to production, and monitoring their performance collaborating closely with the engineering team to ensure seamless integration of machine learning models and perception algorithms into our applications.  

As a specialist in the Maximo business, this position will work collaboratively across the Maximo, external industry partners across the value chain, and AES teams, including engineering, business development, construction, finance, supply chain, and strategy.   

Major Responsibilities 

• Develop and implement advanced high-performing perception algorithms for real-time tasks such as object detection, segmentation, and pose estimation based on a variety of sensor data (Lidar, Camera, etc) 

• Design, train, optimize, deploy, and maintain AI/ML models for robust and accurate perception in challenging environments. 

• Enhance our machine learning pipeline and related tools to support development, experimentation, continuous integration, continuous delivery, verification/validation, and monitoring of AI/ML models in the field. 

• Integrate perception systems with robotic platforms to enable autonomous manipulation and human-robot interaction. 

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