Senior Computer Vision Engineer

About Nearfield Instruments

Nearfield Instruments (NFI) is a fast-growing scale-up high-tech company. We design, develop, integrate, market and service advanced metrology machines. Our machines enables our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers – to increase the production yields, and thus, functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics.

Founded in 2016, we bring together the most creative minds (approx. 220 employees) in science and technology and develop a one-of-a-kind, revolutionary high throughput Scanning Probe Microscopy system.

This will be your team:

Within our Design & Engineering department this role is part of the Software Group. This SW Group consists of 6 teams (Machine Control, Device Control, Data Science, Diagnostics, Production Automation, Integration & Support).

You will join the Data Science team. This team generates insights for our customers by interpreting the metrology data our machine creates into meaningful performance indicators for our customers. They do this by creating high quality algorithms, models and user-friendly software.

What will you be doing?

• Take part in all development aspects from design to production

• Write high quality, testable and efficient algorithms and code

• Create high quality, accurate, well-generalized and efficient computer vision AI/ML models

• Initiate and promote new ideas for continuous improvement of the product

• Work independently and as a team member (sometimes on a global scale)

• Maintain existing code

Your qualifications      

Education, Experience and Background:

• Education: MSc/BSc/BA degree in Computer Science, Data Science or a related degree

• Mandatory Experience: 5+ years experience in SW development, OOP Design/Architecture, AI/ML for Computer Vision, Unit-Testing

• Experience selecting the right machine learning models for the relevant use-case

• Experience with precision equipment computer-vision oriented use-cases for ML deployed on edge devices is a plus

• Background in Semiconductor industry, Physics or Signal Processing is an advantage.

Skills:

• You are fluent in Python and familiar with C# or C++

• You have worked with most of the following : PySide / PyQt, NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, OpenCV, TensorFlow / PyTorch, Math.Net, Python.Net

• Source Control and Configuration:  Git, CI/CD, ML training pipelines

• Process and Tracking: Agile/Scrum, Jira

Your people skills

• You have experience leading projects from a technical aspect

• You collaborate seamlessly within a cross-disciplinary team

• You are able to explain your (design) decisions to teammates with sound reasoning

• You easily collaborate with non-technical stakeholders on gathering requirements and validating your results

What can you expect from us?

Getting on board now is a great opportunity to grow with the company from a technical, personal, and financial perspective. Nearfield's momentum is energetic and promising!

Our starting point is of course to pay someone a fair and competitive salary and besides this we offer you:

• we value your work-live balance

• time for some relaxation: 240 hours of holiday per calendar year (based on 40 hours)

• 8% of your annual salary (gross) holiday allowance

• Commuting allowance

• Work from home allowance

• Discount on your health insurance

• We are here to support one another, and colleagues are there to help you. TEAM is very important, Together Everyone Achieves More!

• Besides a challenging role where you can utilize the full extent of your professional knowledge.

Recruitment Process

If the above challenges excites you, we encourage you to send us your details using the Apply now button on our career site.

Our recruitment process:

• Phone Screening by Recruiter

• Tech assignment

• 1st interview ( Team manager + SE)

• 2nd interview (HRBP + Director of D&E)

• Meeting our CEO

• Offer

• Onboarding and welcome at Nearfield Instruments!

If you have any questions? Feel free to contact me via:

Faezeh Davari - Corporate Recruiter

faezeh.davari@nearfieldinstruments.com

Recruitment, consultancy and/or other agency?

We appreciate the interest, but we source all our candidates directly. We understand that you as an intermediary want to present candidates to our interesting positions. This is not how we have structured our recruitment.

This means that all profiles offered to Nearfield Instruments will be treated as direct applications. Unless we have explicitly agreed otherwise.