Sr. Staff Image Scientist
Description
Job Duties:
- Invent, implement, develop and verify cutting-edge image processing algorithms for company’s core technology CMOS sensors in a competitive and time-sensitive environment.
- Develop ISP algorithms including 3A control, demosaicking, 2D/3D denoise, local tone mapping, dynamic color shading correction, defect pixel correction etc.
- Develop processing algorithms to improve image/ video quality/color processing.
- Create roadmap, define, and execute product definition and development from concept to production.
- Research new image and color processing or computer vision techniques and technologies for digital camera systems.
- Monitor state of the art technologies from both academic research and industry.
- Exercise creative thinking and idealization to advance performance.
- Image quality tuning and measure.
- Expand company’s ISP or CV solution to new levels of functionality, quality, and performance.
- Assist the hardware design team with algorithm implementation and validation.
- Evaluate final results of algorithm design assuring accomplishment of technical objectives.
- Document the design and development and assist company to file patent applications.
- Provide technical support and guidance to top-level application developers and hardware design team with algorithm implementation and validation.
Requirements:
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Image Science & Engineering, or related fields. Will accept foreign equivalent Ph.D. degree.
Require one year experience working in Image Processing field.
The experience shall include:
- ISP algorithm development including 3A control, demosaicking, 2D/3D denoise, local tone mapping, dynamic color shading correction, defect pixel correction;
- Algorithm development to improve image/ video quality/color processing;
- Researching new image and color processing or computer vision techniques and technologies for digital camera systems;
- Embedded system and software applications;
- Algorithm implementation and validation;
- Tuning and measuring image quality;
- Programming using in C, C++, Python and Matlab;
- Code management tools such as svn, git, repo;
- Software debugger;
- Assist to file patent applications.
Annual base salary for this role in California, US is expected to be between $153,504 - $180,000. Actual pay will be determined on a number of factors such as relevant skills and experience, and the pay of employees in the similar role.