Computer Vision ML / Research Engineer (US)
Optica Industries • San Francisco, CA
Company
Optica Industries
Annual salary
$180k – $245k/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Listed
63d ago
- Experience:
- 4+ years
- Workplace:
- 6 days in-office in San Francisco, flexible for the right candidate
- Equity:
- Competitive equity
On-site in San Francisco, CA.
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About this Role
Mission: Own the perception engine that turns stereo camera captures into accurate, auditable pile measurements.
JD: We are building a computer vision system for industrial inventory measurement using stereo cameras, depth estimation, segmentation, point clouds, calibration data, and 3D volume estimation. You will own the core CV/ML pipeline: stereo reconstruction, segmentation, point-cloud cleanup, ground-plane estimation, stitching, volume calculation, and model evaluation. This role sits at the heart of the product.
You will own: FoundationStereo/s2m2/YOLO-style model integration, 3D reconstruction quality, volume accuracy, calibration assumptions, failure-mode analysis, confidence metrics, and the path from research pipeline to production-grade measurement.
Must have: Strong Python, PyTorch, OpenCV/Open3D, 3D geometry, camera calibration, stereo/depth, point clouds, segmentation, and comfort debugging real-world sensor data.
Nice to have: CUDA, robotics perception, photogrammetry, SLAM, industrial inspection, geospatial/volumetric measurement, Modal or GPU cloud experience.
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