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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Applied AI Research Scientist

Computer VisionConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, CanadaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A PhD or research master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field, focused on computer vision, machine learning or deep learning, and advanced AI models.
  • Strong theoretical knowledge of machine-learning fundamentals, supervised and unsupervised learning, self-supervised learning, and efficient and few-shot learning.
  • Experience developing and deploying computer-vision algorithms in academic or industrial settings.
  • Strong understanding of image-sensing modalities, including RGB, RADAR, infrared, LIDAR, hyperspectral, multispectral, RGB-D, thermal, ultrasonic, sonar, and structured-light imaging.
  • Strong knowledge of deep-learning architectures for computer vision, including CNNs, Transformers, recent foundation models, and techniques used in object detection, segmentation, and recognition.
  • Experience designing and executing experiments, refining models, optimizing, and analyzing data.
  • Proficiency in Python and C++, and in PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, and OpenCV.
  • A track record of research publications in relevant AI and computer-vision conferences and journals, such as NeurIPS, ICCV, ECCV, CVPR, AAAI, and PAMI.
  • Ability to communicate scientific work clearly and effectively.
  • Problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively and strategically.
  • Strong communication, teamwork, written, and verbal communication skills.
  • Fluency in spoken and written French and English.
  • Good knowledge of English for writing technical documents and interacting with, supporting, or serving international clients, employees, partners, and foreign government authorities who do not speak French.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct computer-vision research focused on vision-language foundation models, including VLMs, Ve-LLMs, and visual foundation models; image and video processing; efficient and training-free learning algorithms; and edge-optimized computer-vision models.
  • Design, adapt, and evaluate foundation models, vision-language models, and multimodal perception models for real-world use cases.
  • Develop methods for object detection, segmentation, visual reasoning, object tracking, and scene understanding.
  • Research frugal-learning methods to adapt large-scale models using fine-tuning, few-shot learning, zero-shot learning, prompt tuning, LoRA, or other parameter-efficient techniques.
  • Establish rigorous evaluation protocols to measure accuracy, robustness, uncertainty, bias, explainability, and generalization.
  • Translate state-of-the-art research into prototypes, demonstrators, and deployable AI components.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to turn research breakthroughs into deployable prototypes and production-ready systems.
  • Work on problems of diverse scope to support deployment of trustworthy and certifiable AI models in critical systems.
  • Publish research findings in relevant or leading AI and computer-vision conferences and journals, and contribute to innovation patent applications.
  • Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Select methods and techniques using sound judgment to obtain better solutions.
  • Collaborate with academic or research organizations, such as NSERC and MITACS, and with industrial partners.
  • Propose, gather, and synthesize system requirements from stakeholders, and contribute to effective research and innovation roadmaps.

Desired Qualifications

  • Two to five years of research experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or similar fields.
  • Practical knowledge of MLOps, software packaging, SDK and library development, engineering validation processes, and production-ready AI solutions.
  • Proven expertise developing and implementing detection and segmentation algorithms for radar images.

About the Company

Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Thales designs and delivers critical technology for aerospace, defense, and digital security. Its products include electronics, software, and data-security systems that power air travel, payments, and modern military platforms, by integrating hardware and software to build systems such as avionics, radar, cybersecurity, and secure communications that collect sensor data and protect networks. It stands out through deep industrial experience, end-to-end solutions across defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity, and a focus on AI and quantum tech, aided by strategic acquisitions and partial state ownership. Its goal is to provide reliable, secure, and connected technologies that support national security, public safety, and everyday life by solving complex security and connectivity challenges.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Meudon, France
Founded
1893

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