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Allen Control Systems

Robot type
Defense
Location
AustinTexasUSA
Job type
Artificial Intelligence
Posted
Aug 19, 2026
Full-time

Perception & Tracking Engineer

Job description

Company Overview ACS (Allen Control Systems) is a defense technology company building precision robotic systems for the United States and its allies. Founded by two former U.S. Navy electrical engineers with deep experience in robotics and software, ACS brings together AI, computer vision, precision motion, and advanced hardware to solve complex defense challenges across land, air, and maritime environments.

Our flagship product, Bullfrog, is an autonomous precision weapon system that transforms existing weapons into highly accurate counter-drone systems — giving warfighters a scalable, cost-effective response to one of the fastest-growing threats on the modern battlefield.

Job responsibilities

  • Design, implement, test, debug, and maintain core 3D Computer Vision based multi-object tracking algorithms and infrastructure, including measurement conditioning, data association, track correlation, propagation,…
  • Develop and optimize computer vision algorithms for real-time detection and tracking of small objects in robotic and autonomous systems.
  • Implement and improve object detection and multi-object tracking pipelines using modern deep learning techniques.
  • Train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models for perception tasks in dynamic environments.
  • Design image preprocessing and feature extraction pipelines to improve model robustness and performance.
  • Optimize tracking pipelines for low-latency, real-time performance on embedded hardware and/or GPUs. Profile bottlenecks and apply algorithmic or implementation improvements.
  • Collaborate with robotics and software teams to integrate perception systems into autonomous platforms and real-world deployments.
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle: requirements, design, implementation, unit/integration/system testing, deployment, and maintenance.

Job requirements

  • Associate Perception & Tracking Engineer
  • Perception & Tracking Engineer
  • Senior Perception & Tracking Engineer Your title and level will be determined based on your experience, skills, and the scope of responsibility appropriate for the role.
  • 2-3 years of experience working with perception algorithms , robotics, or machine learning and comfortable in a role that specializes in 3D Computer Vision based tracking
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Math or related field
  • Strong experience developing vision-based tracking algorithms for real-time applications
  • Experience implementing object detection (YOLO, SSD, R-CNN, or similar) and classic or deep learning-based tracking algorithms (Kalman and particle filters, ByteTrack, or similar)
  • Solid applied math foundation in linear algebra, probability, statistics, and optimal estimation (Kalman filtering and variants)

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