Sr. Embedded/Computer Vision Engineer

Company: Rank Consulting Group
Location: San Rafael
Posted on: February 16, 2021

Job Description:

JO#: 2287Length: PermLocation: Brisbane, CA
Embedded/Machine Vision Engineer:
Our client, Cutera, Inc. (NASDAQ: CUTR) is a leading global aesthetics device company with a comprehensive product portfolio and a global distribution footprint. They are a fast-paced, high-tech medical device company looking for the right person to help grow our business. The Company's technology enables physicians to provide advanced solutions for a broad range of medical aesthetic applications including improving the skin's appearance through the treatment of superficial benign vascular and pigmented lesions, unwanted hair removal, improvement in skin laxity and wrinkles, and body contouring and sculpting. Founded in 1998, the corporate, R&D, and manufacturing headquarters for the Company are located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Cutera is proud to manufacture all of its systems and accessories at its California headquarters. It has direct global operations in North America, Japan, Australia, and several European countries, and its products are distributed in over 40 countries. Please visit for more information about Cutera.
They are seeking an exceptional engineer to drive development and manufacturing of embedded software for novel medical systems. In particular, you will lead new initiatives to develop machine learning capabilities for optical and laser metrology devices for use in production. These systems will be MCU based and use low power inference engines to run the ML, computer vision/AI models or AI targeted MCU's.
This individual would have direct impact on shaping the future of medical and aesthetic dermatology devices and therefore influence how these medical fields are practiced in the future. Working in close cooperation with Cutera clinical team, successful candidate would help to improve health and lifestyle of thousands of patients.
As a part of a software group, you will also contribute directly toward firmware development of their products. Projects involve a broad range of technologies including complex laser systems, optical delivery systems, ultrasound, and radio-frequency devices all developed organically by their scientists and engineers in their R&D labs. As such, this position provides a unique opportunity for an individual with broad interests and skills.
Key responsibilities:
---Work with optical engineering team to select the best image sensor for defect detection in a static environment and during laser operation
---Work with hardware and software engineers to determine which hardware architecture and support tools should be used to perform embedded vision tasks
---Work with Cutera's enterprise and cloud software teams to determine the types of data and techniques for retrieving information from an embedded computer vision subsystem for validating correct operational performance and to update future model releases
---Participate in medical device design activities, including development of new device requirements, system specifications and architecture
---As a direct contributor, perform machine learning/computer vision development work in Python and write embedded software in C or other appropriate languages
---Work with Sustaining Engineering Group providing support for existing devices
---Assure compliance with all applicable standards using appropriate design and testing methodologies
Position requirements:
---Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with 6+ years working in a product development environment
---In-depth knowledge of embedded, microprocessor based controller design required
---Developed AI/ML based computer vision system. The vision system will be used to identify anomalies or unique objects
---Ability to read electronic schematics and electronic component datasheets
---Experience in C, Python, and Linux
---Experience working with other electrical and electronics engineers; mechanical and optical engineers; software engineers and scientists to develop new products
---Experience developing machine learning models including model optimization, selecting training data, and where required developing and applying data augmentation
---Experienced in traditional image processing techniques to perform image manipulation tasks not suitable for AI processing
---Familiarity with run the ML/AI models such as BrainChip, Hailo, Mythic, Perceive and similar

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