Senior Vision Algorithms Engineer (EO/IR, Hardware‑Aware)

SAAZ Micro Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAAZ Micro Inc. seeks a Senior Computer Vision Algorithm & Software Engineer to design and implement advanced EO/IR imaging processing pipelines. This role blends research with high-performance software, prototyping CNN/SNN models, and deploying them on target hardware.

You will collaborate with Firmware, FPGA, and Systems teams, own the algorithmic stack end-to-end, and contribute to production-ready code, documentation, and IP development for aerospace, defense, and commercial imaging.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Optical Engineering, or a closely related field with 5+ years of hands-on algorithmic experience.
• PhD with 2+ years of relevant research/industry experience is also acceptable.
• Proven hands-on track record developing and deploying core image processing, computer vision, or neural network models (CNNs or SNNs).

Responsibilities

• Algorithm Architecture & Conceptualization: Design, prototype, and refine advanced image processing and computer vision algorithms—including traditional image enhancement, noise reduction, and modern deep learning models (CNNs/SNNs)—tailored for EO/IR sensor architectures.
• Autonomous End-to-End Implementation: Independently translate mathematical models and theoretical concepts into high-performance, maintainable software implementations without needing direct step‑by‑step supervision.
• Cross-Functional System Integration: Collaborate closely with Firmware, FPGA, and Systems Engineering teams to optimize, port, and validate algorithms on real-time target hardware and embedded camera processing platforms.
• EO/IR Pipeline Optimization: Develop and tune edge-detection, feature extraction, non-uniformity correction (NUC), dynamic range expansion, object and tracking algorithms specialized for complex electro-optical and infrared environments.
• Research & Feasibility Trade Studies: Conduct independent trade studies, literature reviews, and rapid prototyping to evaluate novel machine learning and spiking neural network (SNN) approaches for low-power or bandwidth-constrained imaging systems.
• Verification & Testing Pipelines: Build robust simulation environments, ground-truth dataset collection methodologies, and automated testing frameworks to evaluate algorithm accuracy, latency, and performance edge cases.
• Technical Documentation & Mentorship: Document mathematical formulations, algorithmic trade-offs, and software architectures to support production handover, system qualification, and intellectual property development.

Skills

Image processing

Computer vision

CNNs

SNNs

C/C++

Python

Linear algebra

Mathematical modeling

Education

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

PyTorch

OpenCV

TensorRT

LibTorch

NVIDIA Jetson

FPGAs

Job description

SAAZ Micro Inc. seeks a Senior Computer Vision Algorithm & Software Engineer to design and implement advanced EO/IR imaging processing pipelines. This role blends research with high-performance software, prototyping CNN/SNN models, and deploying them on target hardware.

You will collaborate with Firmware, FPGA, and Systems teams, own the algorithmic stack end-to-end, and contribute to production-ready code, documentation, and IP development for aerospace, defense, and commercial imaging.