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Pronto.ai, Inc.

Perception Engineer (Data)

Pronto.ai, Inc., San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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While most Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology companies are stuck in R&D mode, Pronto is a world‑leader in commercializing AV tech via our Autonomous Haulage System, which is automating haulage operations at mines and quarries around the world.

Pronto’s team of Silicon Valley veterans has been at the forefront of every major AV development over the past 20 years, with a relentless focus on commercializing the technology, leading to our current specialization in off‑road applications.

This focus and our decades of experience have put Pronto on a track to become the world’s first profitable AV technology company.

About the role Pronto is seeking an additional engineer to join our perception team. Pronto’s autonomous trucks run on an advanced perception stack that uses cameras and other sensors to choose drivable paths, avoid obstacles, and maintain safety at all times. We are looking for someone who is comfortable working with state‑of‑the‑art techniques as well as implementing and maintaining production‑stable applications of new features. This role has ample opportunities for growth.

Core Responsibilities

Stress testing entire perception system to find operating limits

Building tooling to iteratively improve our data pipeline through active learning

Creating tooling to extract data from vehicle logs

Testing applications for neural nets on autonomous vehicles

Implementing camera / lidar world space to image space transformations

Required Skills and Experience

Proficient with python, git, linux, PyTorch

Familiarity with common computer vision libraries and techniques including camera calibration and camera projections

Able to create and debug software systems: building maintainable code with good diagnostics that scale

Excellent at handling ambiguous or undefined problems

Strong communication and collaboration skills, capable of working effectively in a multidisciplinary team and communicating technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders

Strong portfolio of projects related to perception

What Sets You Apart (Nice‑to‑Have)

2+ years professional experience writing software relevant to perception

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