(Senior) Computer Vision Engineer (f/m/d)

Duties And Responsibilities

• You design and develop software for a digital surgery platform encompassing computer vision, artificial intelligence, medical imaging, and surgical navigation
• Your tasks span from developing early-stage prototypes to creating production-ready medical device software
• You contribute to computer vision pipelines including camera calibration, 3D reconstruction, image registration, object and instrument tracking, and machine learning-based perception
• You create robust, maintainable, and scalable software solutions by translating research concepts into high-quality products
• You ensure high software quality by applying unit and integration test methodologies, performing code reviews, and supporting continuous integration practices
• You work in a scrum team collaborating with software developers, software architects, system engineers, AI researchers, UX engineers, quality engineers, and product owners
• You contribute to technical design decisions, software architecture, and technology evaluations
• You support verification, validation, and documentation activities in compliance with medical software standards and regulations

Professional competencies

• M.Sc. or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, Medical Imaging or a related field
• Several years of industrial or research experience developing computer vision or machine learning applications
• Strong software engineering skills and experience delivering high-quality production code
• Experience developing complex software systems in C++ and/or Python
• Quickly embracing new technologies and different programming languages
• Technologies and topics we currently work with include OpenCV, VTK, PCL, PyTorch, ROS2, Git, Azure DevOps, Linux, computer vision, machine learning, camera calibration, and 3D geometry
• Experience with software design patterns, CI/CD, DevOps practices, and automated testing
• Experience with computer vision topics such as pose estimation, tracking, SLAM, image registration, or multi-view vision

Personal competencies

• You are self-motivated with a hands-on and proactive mentality
• You have an innovative mindset with enthusiasm for high-tech medical products and digital surgery solutions
• You combine scientific curiosity with a product-oriented mindset
• You enjoy solving challenging technical problems at the interface of software, AI, and medical technology
• You thrive in interdisciplinary teams and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• You communicate professionally in English. German language skills would be a plus