We are looking for an experienced computer vision engineer to join our newly opened Barcelona office and help us build the future of assistive devices for blind and visually impaired people.

biped is a smart harness that uses cameras to help blind and visually impaired people detect potential obstacles and follow navigation instructions. 2+ years of R&D, 300 beta-testers later, biped is now commercially available all across Europe.

Tasks

Take responsibility for core parts of our vision pipeline:
• Improve obstacle detection robustness
• Improve object detection & tracking
• Design and develop quality assurance tools
• Runtime optimization (C++ mostly)
• Prototype and develop new features based on user feedback

Requirements

Your profile:
• You are ready to learn new things and interested in pushing your code to production.
• You are communicative and upfront about the problems you are facing and you like to work on challenging problems in a team.
• You aim to have a core... contribution to a massive problem. You are driven by the impact you want to have in your job.
• You have already gained experience working on challenging problems.
• You have an M.Sc. in computer science, robotics, maths, or physics and have 2+ years of experience in computer vision engineering.

We are looking for somebody that has significant experience with:
• Python
• C++
• Linux

A plus would be past encounters with:
• SLAM, visual odometry, and indoor navigation tasks
• Embedded software / code optimization

Benefits

What we offer:
• Competitive salary
• Key employee status with stock options
• 25 days holidays (including 5 days at Christmas, company is closed)
• Several hiring plans in Barcelona, expecting a growing team there
• Come to Lausanne, Switzerland from time to time
• Cool office space, 2 days / week fully remote, and we're flexible with that

The work environment:
• biped is an equal career opportunity employer
• We are a small team, focusing on personal and professional growth and help each other to achieve that on a daily basis
• We solve real-life problems of our customers and see the immediate result of it
• We have incredible mentors and implement best practices for the engineering team

Looks interesting? Send us your resume (and public projects if you have them!) and a short description of why you'd like to join. Keep it short. We are open to applications from outside of Spain as long as relocation is an option.

Process:
• First phone interview with our CEO, getting to know each other
• Technical challenge submitted by email and to solve within 1 week
• Presenting your technical challenge solution to our CTO & CEO
• Final discussion with the rest of the team / relevant people you'd be working with

Starting date: September 1st or earlier if possible. No software agency.

We'll get back to you quickly, promised 😎
Barcelona Spain

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