Middle Computer Vision / Visual Navigation Engineer

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๐Ÿช– DefTech Product

Overview

We are looking for a Middle Computer Vision / Visual Navigation Engineer to improve and extend our GPS-independent navigation stack.

This is a hands-on R&D role: you work with real flight data, bring algorithms from experimentation to production, and collaborate closely with software and flight teams. Day to day you balance navigation and CV development, post-flight analysis, sensor calibration, and integration work. The role suits someone who is comfortable with classical geometry-based CV, modern feature pipelines, and turning prototypes into stable behavior on constrained hardware.

 

Responsibilities

 

Navigation & computer vision

  • Improve existing visual-inertial navigation on real UAV platforms - both copters and planes
  • Develop and refine algorithms for estimating position and orientation from camera and onboard sensor data
  • Research and implement additional computer vision that extend the current system (e.g. use of satellite data, map or scene-based cues)
  • Handle difficult real-world conditions: vibration, blur, changing scenery, sensor noise, and platform-specific setup differences

 

Flight analysis & tooling

  • Analyze flight recordings to find issues, propose fixes, and verify improvements
  • Extend automated post-flight analysis to reduce repetitive manual work
  • Define clear quality metrics and use them to judge whether changes are ready for the deployment

 

Calibration

  • Improve calibration procedures for cameras, IMU, and related sensors on new platforms
  • Make calibration more repeatable and less dependent on one-off manual steps

 

Cross-team delivery

  • Work closely with software and flight teams on testing, integration, and rollout
  • Bring new methods into the production system with attention to performance and reliability
  • Document limitations, risks, and operational guidance for the rest of the team

 

Required skills & experience

  • 2+ years of practical experience in computer vision
  • Solid fundamentals in image processing and geometric computer vision (camera models, epipolar geometry, robust estimation)
  • Good Python for prototyping, analysis, and integration
  • Practical production mindset
  • English B2+ for documentation and technical discussion; Ukrainian for day-to-day team communication

 

Nice to have

  • Experience with multi-sensor fusion / SLAM / EKF
  • Sensor calibration experience on robotic or aerial platforms
  • Map-based or semantic localization experience
  • Deep learning applied to perception / matching
  • UAV / robotics / aerospace experience

 

What we offer

  • Team eager to share the knowledge we have and help you become proficient across a wide range of areas;
  • Courses and investment in your professional growth;
  • Work on game-changing products which have real impact on the world;
  • Team which share common values and meanings, help and support each other;
  • Possibility to create, test and improve real autonomous aircrafts;
  • Official employment, booking, 24 days of vacation;
  • There is some food in office, water, beer, cigarettes;
  • You will definitely not be the same as before!

Required skills experience

UAV 6 months
Python 2 years

Required languages

English B2 - Upper Intermediate
Ukrainian B2 - Upper Intermediate
Published 5 June
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