Sr. Computer Vision Engineer

Asensus Surgical is currently seeking a Senior Computer Vision Engineer to join our top-notch Research & Development team in Israel.

This is an exciting time to join Asensus and to be part of a leading edge team that is pioneering a new era of Performance-Guided Surgery. 

You will help lead the development of a next-generation vision-assisted surgical robotics platform.  As a researcher on the team, you will get a chance to work alongside some of the best minds in the field and implement the latest Machine Learning and Computer Vision algorithms, in a multidisciplinary and dynamic environment.

We are looking for an individual who is a team player and a strong communicator. Someone who has great problem-solving skills, and who has a drive for creativity and innovation, as well as determination and persistence. Someone who has a deep understanding of algorithms and image processing and will take ownership of various Computer Vision/deep learning/AI algorithms utilizing medical imaging data & sensory data through exploration, development, optimization, validation & integration

Responsibilities

• Work with a multi-disciplinary team of experts and engineers to deliver an end-to-end product: from the idea phase, through collecting and assessing the data, exploring algorithmic approaches, developing, testing, validating and integrating the algorithm in the production environment.
• Contribute to the team’s methodologies, best practices and toolset, as well as sharing and receiving constructive feedback.
• Understand algorithmic requirements and convert these into usable solutions.
• Utilize existing research, literature and study of existing state of the art tools to develop best in class solutions.
• Develop mathematical and numerical tools to support development.
• Manage large amounts of data and process into usable information.
• Evaluate the performance on benchmarks and improve as necessary.
• All other duties as directed.

Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• MSc in Computer Science or related fields (EE, Math, Physics, etc.); Ph.D – Advantage.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Computer Vision algorithms.
• Strong background in machine learning and deep learning.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Ability to initiate and lead machine learning projects end to end.
• Experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Familiarity with OpenCV and similar libraries.
• Deep domain experience and hands-on knowledge or academic research background in at least one of the following is an advantage: VAN/SLAM, Motion estimation (i.e Optical flow, Tracking), Segmentation, GNN, 3D reconstruction
• Experience with Linux.

Soft Skills

• Read and understand the relevant literature and professional terms.
• Teamwork and high communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with a remote based teams.

Language Skills

• Good verbal and writing capabilities in Hebrew and English.

Optional Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Experience with using LMM/VLM(Vision-Language) frameworks – Advantage.
• Familiar with ML tools such as W&B or ClearML – Advantage.
• Experience in a global medical device company – Advantage.