Computer Vision Algorithm Researcher Senior

Overview:

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

What We're Looking For:

The senior computer vision algorithm researcher will work to advance exploratory research and development projects in computer vision and machine learning fields to create highly innovative PC-based and smart-camera solutions. The researcher will develop deep learning and edge learning tools, including vision transformers and vision language models, that are Enterprise-grade and ready for real world deployment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Development of computer vision and machine learning algorithms and applications.
• Develop proof-of-concept implementations, prototypes and demos to fine-tune technologies to practical, state-of-the-art systems.
• Perform experiments and evaluations to quantify and validate improvements made to existing systems.
• Take responsibility for communicating with different engineers (embedded systems, backend server, computer vision) to continuously improve and optimize implemented algorithms.
• Create automated software tests and provide support to trouble shoot software issues when needed.
• Documentation of algorithms.
• Research fundamental problems and implement algorithmic solutions that are appropriate.
• Provide recommendations and solutions to problems using experience in multiple technical areas.
• Receive little instruction on day-to-day work and general instructions on new assignments.
• May influence the activities of junior level personnel.

Job Requirements

• Education: Masters/PhD in computer vision or machine learning; alternatively a comparable industry career, with significant experience in delivering products using state-of-the-art computer vision and/or machine learning systems
• Work experience: 5+ years
• Solid foundation in computer vision, deep learning and LLM/VLM; key areas of interest include object detection, tracking and recognition, anomaly detection, robot guidance and optical character recognition.
• Scripting and prototyping languages: Python, C/C++.
• Generic packages: PyTorch, TF Lite, OpenCV.
• Experience with Linux, Windows and ROS platforms.
• Ability to grasp new concepts quickly.
• Ability to adapt and use these patterns in innovative ways to develop custom solutions.
• Ability to take initiative on issues and report results instead of waiting for task lists.
• Good presentation skills, both prepared and “on demand” talks.
• Takes ownership of their work, is self-motivated & practical in their problem-solving and thrives in a fast-paced, highly-collaborative applied research environment.

Incentive Compensation:

In addition to base pay, Zebra offers this role the opportunity to earn a performance-based annual cash incentive, at a target equal to 12% of base pay, in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.

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