Research engineer position

Centre de Visio per Computador; Bellaterra; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Computer Vision Center (CVC) seeks a Research Engineer to advance data processing for agriculture-related documentary collections. You will deploy open-source LLMs and build LLM-driven data pipelines within the AgriScienceFM Horizon Europe project.

Based at the Campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, you will work with experts across AI, document analysis, and AI in agriculture, contributing to an international collaboration with cutting-edge computing resources.

Formación

• MSc in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrable expertise.
• Experience deploying off-the-shelf, open-source Large Language Models and creating LLM-based data-processing pipelines.
• Some experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Neo4j).
• Experience managing data infrastructures using containers (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar technologies).
• Demonstrable experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Familiarity with agentic pipelines and GraphRAG architecture will be considered an advantage.
• Familiarity with distributed multimode training of LLMs will be considered an advantage.
• Fluency in English and effective communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate on processing and exploitation of data from documentary collections related to agriculture.
• Develop and refine LLM-based data-processing pipelines for the project.
• Contribute to the Agricultural Management Foundational Model development.
• Coordinate with Horizon Europe project AgriScienceFM partners and stakeholders.

Conocimientos

LLM deployment

Data pipelines

NoSQL DB

Docker/Kubernetes

RAG

GraphRAG

Agentic pipelines

Educación

MSc in Computer Science/CS CV ML

Equivalent demonstrable expertise

Herramientas

MongoDB

Neo4j

Descripción del empleo

The Computer Vision Center (CVC) is a non-profit research center established in 1995 by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Its mission is to carry out cutting-edge research that has the highest international impact in the field of computer vision. It also promotes the transference of knowledge to industry and society.

Computer vision is an exciting research area and an omnipresent technology, essentially empowering machines with the sense of vision. The CVC is a successful marriage between knowledge and innovation. In addition to our cutting-edge scientific achievements, we have established lasting ties with industrial partners and created several spin-off companies.

Research area or group: Document Analysis Group (DAG)

Description of project:

The AgriScienceFM initiative is a Horizon Europe project dedicated to advancing the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in agricultural research and innovation through a consortium of eleven research institutes and universities. The project encompasses the development of three agriculture-related foundational models: Biological Material (G), Environmental (E), and, importantly, for this position, Management (M).

The scope of the Agricultural Management Foundational Model is to develop a foundational Large Language Model capable of incorporating document intelligence into its decision-making processes. This involves leveraging information from scientific reports, human expertise, and other types of information communicated through complex documentary sources, such as infographics, maps, and journals.

Context and Mission:

CVC is seeking a Research Engineer to collaborate on one of the group's projects, focused on the processing and exploitation of data from documentary collections related to agriculture.

The project is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe Grant Agreement No. 101293777 (AgriScienceFM)

• MSc in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrable expertise.
• Experience deploying off-the-shelf, open-source Large Language Models and creating LLM-based data-processing pipelines.
• Some experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Neo4j).
• Experience managing data infrastructures using containers (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar technologies).
• Demonstrable experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Familiarity with agentic pipelines and GraphRAG architecture will be considered an advantage.
• Familiarity with distributed multimode training of LLMs will be considered an advantage.
• Fluency in English and effective communication skills.

Conditions:

• The position will be based at the Computer Vision Center (Campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona).
• We offer a full-time contract (37.5 hours per week) linked to the duration of the project and its available budget.
• A cutting-edge research environment with access to advanced computing pipelines and multiple proprietary GPU servers.
• Ongoing training in advanced data-analysis techniques and fine-tuning of Large Language Models, including the implementation of scientific articles and attendance at workshops and lectures.
• Gross salary: Competitive salary according to qualifications, experience, and CVC salary policies.
• Starting date: To be agreed upon with the selected candidate.