Perception Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 34 job postings with the title “Perception Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is computer vision, with demand down 6% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Perception Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 34 job postings with the title “Perception Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 6% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Perception Engineer jobs require?
Across Perception Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are computer vision, PyTorch, Python, machine learning, sensor fusion.
+Which cities are hiring the most Perception Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Perception Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Austin, Pittsburgh, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach.
+Is Perception Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 34 Perception Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 6% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Perception Engineer postings is computer vision, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Perception Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Perception Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| computer vision | 19 | 11.7% |
| PyTorch | 17 | 10.4% |
| Python | 16 | 9.8% |
| machine learning | 15 | 9.2% |
| sensor fusion | 13 | 8.0% |
| deep learning | 12 | 7.4% |
| object detection | 11 | 6.7% |
| C++ | 11 | 6.7% |
| data labeling | 9 | 5.5% |
| TensorFlow | 9 | 5.5% |
| tracking | 8 | 4.9% |
| state estimation | 7 | 4.3% |
| SLAM | 6 | 3.7% |
| lidar | 5 | 3.1% |
| scene understanding | 5 | 3.1% |
Top metros hiring Perception Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 4 | 22.2% |
| Austin | 3 | 16.7% |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | 16.7% |
| Costa Mesa | 2 | 11.1% |
| Huntington Beach | 2 | 11.1% |
| Ann Arbor | 1 | 5.6% |
| Bengaluru | 1 | 5.6% |
| Boston | 1 | 5.6% |
| Cambridge | 1 | 5.6% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Perception Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Perception Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-05-17
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- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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