Full-Time
Principal Computer Vision Engineer
Hawk-Eye Innovations
1,001-5,000 employees
Provides officiating, tracking, analytics for sports
Compensation Overview
£76.3k - £109.1k/yr
London, UK + 2 more
More locations: Basingstoke, UK | Bristol, UK
Hybrid
Hybrid with minimum 2 days per week in office.
 AI & Machine Learning (1) |
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- Strong commercial experience developing computer vision algorithms in production environments
- Deep knowledge of modern C++, working within large and complex codebases
- Strong understanding of performance optimisation across CPU and GPU
- Solid experience with image processing, geometry and multi-camera systems
- Experience working on systems deployed in real-world production environments
- Ability to operate at both detailed algorithm level and high-level system design
- Strong debugging skills across complex systems
- Experience influencing technical direction or leading technical initiatives
- Lead the development of computer vision systems from concept through to production at a system level
- Set technical direction and standards across algorithmic and engineering approaches
- Own critical components and ensure long-term maintainability, scalability and quality
- Work closely with discipline leads and engineers across CV, tracking, tooling and platform teams
- Drive architectural discussions around performance, scalability and deployment
- Identify limitations in existing systems and lead pragmatic improvements
- Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance, reviews and collaboration
- Act as a technical escalation point for complex challenges
- Leading the design and evolution of ball and player tracking algorithms using multi-camera systems
- Owning multi-view geometry solutions across entire tracking pipelines
- Driving improvements in occlusion handling, recovery and system robustness in live sports environments
- Overseeing mature computer vision systems used in real-time production
- Guiding performance optimisation across CPU and GPU workloads
- Ensuring consistency and reliability across cross-platform deployments
- Supporting integration into cloud-enabled and distributed systems
- Influencing how systems are designed, built and scaled across the organisation
- Experience with CUDA or GPU acceleration
- Awareness of concurrency, networking or operating system concepts
- Experience working with cloud-based or distributed systems
- Exposure to machine learning techniques
Hawk-Eye Innovations creates officiating, broadcast, tracking and analytics tools for sports. It started with tennis and cricket in 2001 and now expands to more sports, serving major events and partners like Sony Sports Innovations Group. How it works: its systems use multiple cameras and computer vision to track ball movement and player actions, reconstruct 3D trajectories, and provide precise decisions (line calls, outs, goals) as well as live video feeds and data analytics for broadcasters, teams, and officials. How it differs: it combines a proven, widely adopted ball-tracking and officiating platform with production and digital solutions and integration across sports, trusted by the world’s biggest events and backed by a large, experienced team. Its goal is to make sports fairer, safer, more engaging and better informed by delivering reliable officiating tools, high-quality broadcast support, and actionable analytics.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Founded
1999
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- NBA partnership enables sub-second latency tracking and fan visualizations.
- SkeleTRACK integrates with Beyond Sports for immersive virtual recreations.
- Sony backing expands Hawk-Eye's collaborations like Manchester City stadium.
What critics are saying
- Sony integrates SkeleTRACK into metaverse, eroding Hawk-Eye's independence.
- NFL deal creates single-client dependency, vulnerable to Zelus Analytics.
- Second Spectrum's NBA exclusivity pressures Hawk-Eye's broadcast tools.
What makes Hawk-Eye Innovations unique
- Hawk-Eye deploys 3D optical tracking with pose data for NBA since 2023-24 season.
- NFL adopts Hawk-Eye's Virtual Measurement across 30 stadiums starting 2025.
- Hawk-Eye enhances NHL officiating with real-time 3D recreations since 2016.
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Flexible Work Hours
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