Sr. Researcher - Computer Vision

Bluemont Technology & Research, Inc.; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

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Job summary

Bluemont Technology & Research, Inc. is looking for a Sr. Researcher specialized in Computer Vision located in Bethesda, Maryland. The candidate must have a Bachelor's degree with at least 8 years of experience in computer vision R&D, or a Master's with 4+ years, or a PhD with 2+ years of relevant work history.

This role involves attending meetings as a Subject Matter Expert, assisting in presentations, and providing technical expertise on new concepts. Excellent writing and organizational skills are essential, and familiarity with machine learning is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelors’ degree in physics, mathematics, computer science, or relevant engineering fields with 8+ years of experience.
• 5 years of experience in computer vision R&D.
• Experience managing a multi-disciplinary R&D or T&E team.

Responsibilities

• Attend meetings, workshops, conferences, serving as Subject Matter Expert.
• Assist with development of presentations for Program Management Reviews.
• Liaise between performers and Government partners.

Skills

Computer vision R&D

Machine learning algorithms

Deep learning algorithms

Excellent writing skills

PowerPoint skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving skills

Time management skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Master's degree in relevant field

PhD in relevant field

Job description

Job Title

Sr. Researcher - Computer Vision

Location

Bethesda, Maryland

Clearance

No clearance to start but preferred. MUST be US Citizen to be clearable.

Job Responsibilities

• Attend meetings, workshops, conferences and testing events as a Subject Matter Expert.
• Assist with the development of presentations such as Program Management Reviews.
• Serve as a Liaison between Performers, Test & Evaluation contributors, Government and Transition partners.
• Review, provide analysis, and make recommendations concerning technical reports, data and Performer approaches.
• Examine data sources and literary sources for emerging technology related to the Program.
• Provide technical support and expertise on new concepts beyond the Program within areas of expertise.

Required Expertise

• Bachelors’ degree in physics, mathematics, computer science, or relevant engineering fields (e.g. electrical, computer, systems, software) with eight plus (8+) years of work experience, or Masters' degree with four plus (4+) years of work experience, or PhD with two plus (2+) years of work experience. PhD is desirable, but not absolutely required if work experience provides depth and breadth of technical understanding and evidence of problem-solving capability equivalent to what would be expected for a PhD.
• Five (5) years of experience in computer vision R&D.
• Two (2) years of experience with R&D of machine learning and deep learning algorithms.
• One (1) year of experience managing a multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) or Test and Evaluation (T&E) team.
• Two (2) years of experience creating program plans, work breakdown structures, and milestone schedules.
• Excellent writing and editing skills. Ability to develop succinct, comprehensive, understandable documents using complex data from multiple sources.
• Excellent slide development and PowerPoint skills. Ability to visually communicate complex ideas at a high level for technically savvy, but non-expert audiences.
• Strong organizational, problem solving, and time management skills. Must be detail oriented.
• Ability to proactively manage multiple, concurrent tasks.
• At least 4 of the qualifications listed in Desired Expertise.
• Experience in the Intelligence Community (IC) or Department of Defense (DoD), including experience with requirements, CONOPS and research technology transition.

Desired Expertise

• Experience with architectures to support large spatiotemporal data management and processing.
• Experience with the institutional review board (IRB) process for human subjects’ research and IRB approved video collection.
• Experience with development in the Open Media Processing Framework (OpenMPF).
• Experience with deployment of computer vision analytics in a large-scale framework.
• Experience managing/performing large-scale video collection, curation and annotation.
• Experience with video collection from fixed security/surveillance, airborne (e.g. drone, UAV), and ground mobile (e.g. cell phone, auto mounted, etc.) video sensors.
• Experience with image or video frame geo-localization.

Benefits

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