[4eyes] FW: [Job openings] Machine Learning and Computer Vision Researchers at Honda Research Institute USA

Tue May 9 08:54:56 PDT 2017

FYI

From: Behzad Dariush [mailto:dariush at hra.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 11:05 PM
To: Behzad Dariush <dariush at hra.com>
Subject: [Job openings] Machine Learning and Computer Vision Researchers at
Honda Research Institute USA

Dear professor

I would be grateful if you can forward the below job postings to your
students and affiliates.

Sincerely

Behzad Dariush

Honda Research Institute, USA

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HRI-US (Silicon Valley) is searching for talented scientists and engineers
with expertise in computer vision and machine learning to join our team of
engineers and scientists in Mountain View, California, to support activities
in the next generation mobility systems.  

As a member of the group, we encourage the candidates to contribute new
research ideas and to participate in presentations and scientific
publications. You will also have the opportunity to build close
relationships with our research partners at world-class universities and at
other Honda Research Institutes in Europe and Japan to create cutting edge
solutions to complex and real world problems.

For more information, please visit the our link:
<http://usa.honda-ri.com/Pages/Careers.aspx>
http://usa.honda-ri.com/Pages/Careers.aspx

Scientist:  Driver Situational Awareness Understanding (Job Number:  P16F01)

The position focuses on applying machine learning and decision support to
analyze and enhance driver situational awareness for next generation
advanced driver assistance systems. 

Key responsibilities:

§   Participate in ideation, formulation, and definition of the situational
awareness problem in the driving scene domain.

§   Develop computational models of driver gaze behavior.

§   Develop algorithms for spatial and temporal model of traffic scene
saliency with objects, semantics, and low-level cues.

§   Develop and evaluate metrics to verify the reliability of the proposed
algorithms.

§   Conduct user experiments using our advanced test vehicles equipped with
cameras, LiDAR, CAN-bus, and driver monitoring sensors.

§   Participate in sensor calibration/synchronization, data collection and
data management.

§   Contribute to a portfolio of patents, academic publications, and
prototypes to demonstrate research value.

Qualifications:

§   PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field.

§   Research experience in machine learning, computer vision and driver
behavioral analytics.

§   Research experience in temporal modeling preferred.

§   Experience in Deep Learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, Caffe or
related tools preferred.

§   Hands on experience with human monitoring devices such as eye tracking
systems preferred.

§   Experience in Robot Operating System (ROS) preferred.

§   Highly proficient in software engineering using C++ and Python.

§   Strong written and oral communication skills including development and
delivery of presentations, proposals, and technical documents. 

§   Strong publication record in the areas of computer vision, machine
learning, and human-machine interaction.

Research Engineer:  Computer Vision/Multimodal Systems (Job Number:  P16F02)

The position focuses on vehicle sensor calibration and applying machine
learning and computer vision algorithms to recorded data obtained from our
experimental platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

§   Applying computer vision/multimodal data analysis methods to data
collected on street scenes using our advanced test vehicles.

§   Developing processes, procedures, and algorithms for calibration of
multiple sensors including camera, LiDAR, GPS, IMU, CAN-bus, and radar.

Qualifications:

§   M.S. or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related
field.

§   Research experience in computer vision, and driver behavioral data
analytics.

§   Hands on experience in multi-sensor calibration and setup.

§   Highly proficient in software engineering using C++ and Python.

§   Experience in Robot Operating System (ROS) preferred. 

§   Experience in hardware and software synchronization of asynchronous data
streams preferred.

§   Strong written and oral communication skills including development and
delivery of presentations, proposals, and technical documents. 

Scientist:  Multimodal Temporal Data Segmentation (Job Number:  P16F03)

This position offers the opportunity to conduct innovative research on a
broad set of problems related to multi-modal temporal segmentation.  

Key Responsibilities:

*	Propose, create, and implement supervised and unsupervised data
segmentation/clustering algorithms from multimodal and multisensory data
streams obtained from traffic scenes.
*	Develop and evaluate metrics to verify reliability of the proposed
algorithms.
*	Participate in ideation, creation, and evaluation of related
technologies in various domains other than traffic scenes, including
temporal segmentation of human activities.
*	Contribute to a portfolio of patents, academic publications, and
prototypes to demonstrate research value.
*	Participate in data collection, sensor calibration, and data
processing.
*	Participate in software development and implementation on various
experimental platforms.

Qualifications:

*	PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field.
*	Research experience in computer vision, machine learning, and
multi-modal signal processing.
*	Strong familiarity with machine learning techniques pertaining to
sequential data processing.
*	Preferred hands on experience in handling multi-modal sensor data.
*	Preferred experience in open-source Deep Learning frameworks such as
TensorFlow or Caffe.
*	Highly proficient in software engineering using C++ and Python.
*	Strong written and oral communication skills including development
and delivery of presentations, proposals, and technical documents. 
*	Strong publication record in one or more of the following areas:
computer vision, machine learning, or computer vision. 

Scientist:  3D Computer Vision (Job Number:  P16F04)

This position offers the opportunity to work on a broad and exciting set of
problems related to processing of 3D point cloud data, including
recognition, registration, segmentation, tracking, representation, and
transmission.

Key Responsibilities:

*	Propose, create, and implement state-of-art point cloud segmentation
and classification algorithms. 
*	Develop algorithms for spatial and temporal registration of 3D point
cloud data, recorded from multiple LiDAR sensors.
*	Develop and evaluate metrics to verify the reliability of the
proposed algorithms.
*	Participate in ideation, creation, and evaluation of various related
technologies, including 3D SLAM.
*	Contribute to a portfolio of patents, academic publications, and
prototypes to demonstrate research value.
*	Participate in software development and implementation on various
experimental platforms.

Qualifications:

*	PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field.
*	Strong familiarity and research experience in 3D computer vision and
machine learning.
*	Hands-on experience in one or more of the following: LIDAR data
processing, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), Perception,
Machine Learning, Sensor Fusion.
*	Preferred hands on experience in handling multi-modal sensor data.
*	Highly proficient in software engineering using C++ and Python.
*	Preferred experience with Point Cloud Library (PCL), Robot Operating
System (ROS), and GPU programming.
*	Preferred experience in open-source Deep Learning frameworks such as
TensorFlow or Caffe.
*	Strong written and oral communication skills including development
and delivery of presentations, proposals, and technical documents. 
*	Strong publication record one or more of the following areas: 3D
computer vision, machine learning, or SLAM.

[Contract Software Engineer]:  Computer Vision and Sensor Fusion (Job
Number: P16T02)

This position offers the opportunity to work on real-world perception
problems such as object detection, tracking and sensor fusion and deploy
your solutions to real AD vehicles.

Key Responsibilities:

*	Integrate and implement perception algorithms for our AD vehicles.
*	Improve the runtime robustness of these perception algorithms.
*	Perform real-time optimization on automotive platforms equipped with
GPUs.
*	Perform evaluation of the developed algorithms both in simulation
and in real world.
*	Translate perception research output into efficient code.

Minimum Qualifications:

*	M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
*	Strong programming skills in Python or C++.

Preferred Qualifications:

*	Expertise in Computer Vision and Machine Learning.
*	Hands-on experience with libraries such as OpenCV and numpy.
*	Experience with processing different sensor modalities such as
lidars and radars.
*	Experience in deep learning frameworks such as Tensorflow or Caffe.
*	Experience with GPU programming.
*	Familiarity with Robot Operating System (ROS).

Duration:

§  2 years

The candidate must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills,
eagerness to learn and grow, and have a flexible approach to solving
problems.

Application Instructions:

Please send an e-mail to 

 <mailto:careers at honda-ri.com> careers at honda-ri.com

with the following:

§  Subject line including the job number you are applying for

§  Recent CV

§  A cover letter explaining how your background matches the qualifications

Candidates must have the legal right to work in the U.S.A.

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