Machine Learning Engineer (Computer Vision)

Department: Vicon Markerless

Location: Botley, Oxfordshire

Description

Are you interested in working on products at the very cutting edge of technology? Want to join Vicon, an Academy Award®-winning company, and the world’s largest supplier of precision motion capture and tracking systems?

Vicon is the world leader in motion capture technology, developing high performance software and hardware products for the entertainment, engineering and life science industries. Vicon products are used in major feature films, games, and commercials, and are a crucial measurement tool for biomechanics, robotics, and cutting-edge science.

Vicon is a subsidiary of Oxford Metrics Plc.

 We are looking for an excellent Computer Vision MLE to join our research and development team in Oxford, England.

Key Responsibilities

This opportunity is to contribute to a team which is building leading-edge motion capture products with a particular focus on research innovation.
You will have opportunities to contribute to technical direction, suggest new areas of research and the potential to guide your own project.
We offer a hybrid on-site/home-based working environment, with head office located in a major academic city.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You have relevant academic (research Masters/PhD level) and/or industry experience.

Experience
Essential Skills
• Experience solving computer vision problems – such as object detection and human pose estimation – with the application of appropriate machine learning methods, such as CNNs and ViTs, in conjunction with non-ML algorithms.
• Demonstrated experience using leading-edge methods for modelling human and object shape, appearance and movement.
• Excellent team working abilities with positive, can-do attitude.
• Examples of working with large spatio-temporal datasets.
• Experience with Python and ML toolkits, e.g. PyTorch, Lightning, etc.

Desirable Skills
• Relevant conference, journal, or other peer-reviewed output.
• Experience delivering the full ML development lifecycle, taking systems from research prototypes through to development and production within a standalone application.
• Experience with model quantisation and optimisation for deployment, e.g. on GPUs.
• Experience, aptitude, and a desire to work with human motion capture, sport, animation tools and techniques.
• Familiarity with C++.

Benefits

· Competitive salary
· 10% Company Pension
· 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
· Life Cover
· Private Medical with Optical / Dental Insurance
· Permanent Health Insurance
· Cycle to work scheme.
· Free On-site Parking