Staff Engineer, Deep Learning (Computer Vision)

Location: Melbourne, Australia; on-site

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed defense-tech company developing intelligent systems, including autonomy software, aircraft, and simulation technologies.

What you will do

• Research, design, and implement state-of-the-art perception capabilities for autonomous and non-autonomous platforms.
• Develop deep-learning-based computer vision solutions from initial concepts through field deployment.
• Deploy the AI stack and deep learning models to edge devices.
• Collaborate with deep learning engineers to architect tools that scale deep learning operations.
• Monitor current research literature and contribute to R&D projects.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of industry experience delivering deep-learning solutions for computer vision problems.
• Strong knowledge of convolutional neural networks and/or transformers for classification, recognition, or segmentation.
• Experience working with recent foundation models.
• Experience implementing novel deep learning architectures using TensorFlow, Caffe, PyTorch, or similar frameworks.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD qualification in Computer Science or a related field.

Nice to have

• Publications in leading computer vision, artificial intelligence, or machine learning conferences and journals.
• C++ and/or Python development experience.
• Experience with object detection and tracking, SLAM, 3D reconstruction, camera calibration, behavior analysis, vision-language models, or large multimodal models.
• Experience deploying and optimizing deep learning models in embedded production environments, including pruning, quantization, and performance tuning.
• Experience maintaining MLOps systems or mentoring junior engineers and researchers.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on AI-driven perception technology for defense and intelligent autonomous systems.
• Contribute to applied research and field-focused engineering projects.
• Collaborate with teams working across international offices and facilities.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer.