
Research Engineer – AI and Visual Computing
Barco
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Kortrijk • 🇧🇪 Belgium
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
CloudJavaScriptKubernetesLinuxNode.jsPythonReactUnity
About the role
- You are practical and solution-oriented, you seek to in-depth understand end-user problems and think of innovative solutions.
- You pragmatically implement first-of-a-kind prototypes combining state-of-the-art HW, software SDKs, and cloud APIs with new, innovative steps and algorithms.
- You stay up to date with academic and commercial developments and trends in your technology domain.
- You share and interact around these insights with your peers.
- You are a team player, you collaborate with your peers, internal stakeholders, and potentially external partners to develop and demonstrate innovative solutions to challenging problems.
Requirements
- A generalist with a master’s degree in computer science engineering (or similar)
- Minimally 4 years of hands-on experience
- Keen on innovating through rapid prototyping in the 3D Content and Immersive Visualization space
- Previous experience: Minimum Linux, C++, and Python
- Experience in at least one of these domains: computer vision / AI for images or video, GPU rendering and compute / 3D visualization / game engines / XR, rapid prototyping with local SDKs, cloud APIs and web technologies (preferably in the graphics, image or video domain)
- Hands-on experience with iterative designing, implementing and validating applications, incl. their backends (algorithms, video pipelines...)
- Experience in full stack web development (React, node.js, …), Kubernetes and micro-services is definitely a plus
- Preferred, one or more of: Hands-on background in training and using machine learning: CNNs and/or neural radiance fields and/or V/LLMs, Generative AI for images or video; AI-driven video enhancement and visualization (e.g. viewpoint interpolation, avatar animation, neural radiance fields), Real-time GPU frameworks (Vulkan, CUDA, WebGPU) and game engines (Unreal, Unity, ThreeJS), Video streaming toolkits, Rapid prototyping the full application stack, including hybrid cloud + edge solutions, UX research and prototyping
- Has a hands-on innovation and can-do mindset.
- Entrepreneurial mindset: from ideation with end-users, over iterative prototyping to early-stage value proposition validation
- Works thoroughly and can work independently and with great perseverance towards a result that meets the requirements and constraints, that is evaluated and documented.
- Is pro-active, takes initiative and shows end-to-end problem ownership.
- Is a loyal team player with good (English) communication skills and willing to travel on occasion.
Benefits
- Drive innovation by exploring new technologies and prototyping new solutions, solving end-user pain points
- Work for a global technology top employer
- Appreciate the comfort of our eye-catching headquarters
- Enjoy continuous training opportunities at our very own Barco University
- Enjoy a competitive salary package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
C++PythonLinuxcomputer visionAIGPU rendering3D visualizationfull stack web developmentReactnode.js
Soft skills
solution-orientedteam playercollaborationinnovationproactiveinitiativeproblem ownershipperseverancecommunicationindependence
Certifications
master’s degree in computer science engineering