Computer Vision Engineer (m/f/d)

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing end-to-end perception pipelines, optimizing machine learning models for edge deployment, and ensuring reliable performance under challenging conditions such as occlusion, varying lighting, motion, environmental interference, and complex multi-object scenarios. Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, train, and optimize computer vision and machine learning models for object detection, classification, recognition, and tracking.
• Develop robust multi-object tracking and re-identification solutions capable of maintaining continuity through occlusions, rapid movement, environmental challenges, and sensor variations.
• Create object selection, prioritization, and decision-making algorithms for complex scenes containing multiple targets or points of interest.
• Optimize machine learning models for deployment on embedded and edge computing platforms, ensuring efficient operation within real-time processing and resource constraints.
• Define, monitor, and improve key performance indicators including detection accuracy, tracking stability, false alarm rates, response latency, and target reacquisition performance.
• Develop and maintain data collection, annotation, augmentation, and dataset management processes to support model development and continuous improvement.
• Build simulation, validation, and testing environments to evaluate algorithm performance across diverse operational scenarios.
• Design interfaces between perception components and downstream software systems, ensuring accurate transfer of object state information, confidence metrics, timestamps, and spatial data.
• Support system integration, verification, validation, and performance testing activities.
• Conduct root-cause investigations, performance analysis, and model tuning to address edge cases and challenging operating conditions.
• Research and evaluate emerging computer vision, machine learning, and artificial intelligence techniques to improve system capabilities.
• Produce technical documentation covering algorithms, model architecture, performance results, validation activities, limitations, and deployment strategies.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Python and C++ with extensive experience developing production-quality software applications.
• Deep knowledge of computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with object detection, object classification, segmentation, and multi-object tracking algorithms.
• Strong experience with modern deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience optimizing and deploying machine learning models on embedded, edge, GPU-accelerated, FPGA-based, or specialized AI hardware platforms.
• Working knowledge of image processing techniques including image enhancement, denoising, stabilization, super-resolution, and feature extraction.
• Familiarity with multiple sensor technologies, including visible-light, thermal, infrared, and other imaging systems.
• Experience evaluating model performance using quantitative metrics and validation methodologies.
• Understanding of real-time perception systems and low-latency processing requirements.
• Experience with software development best practices, including version control, testing frameworks, continuous integration, and code reviews.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary engineering environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Data Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 6 years of hands-on experience in computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience developing and deploying real-world perception systems for robotics, automation, intelligent devices, industrial systems, autonomous platforms, or similar technology domains.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end perception architectures, sensor integration, real-time data processing, and edge-computing environments.
• Experience with large-scale dataset development, annotation workflows, model training pipelines, and performance optimization.
• PhD in a relevant field is considered an advantage.

Preferred Experience

• Real-time object detection and tracking systems.
• Multisensor and sensor-fusion applications.
• Edge AI and embedded machine learning deployment.
• Robotics, automation, intelligent systems, or autonomous technologies.
• Performance optimization for low-latency and resource-constrained environments.
• Large-scale machine learning model development and operational deployment.