Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) is currently looking for a Computer Vision Algorithms - Senior Engineer at our Superior Township, Michigan facility:

The ADAS and Autonomous Driving (AD) Vehicle Software Development team in Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) is an engineering and data science team that focuses on improving performance and expanding ADAS features and services of Hyundai/Kia/Genesis vehicles for the North American (NA) market. The team's key roles and responsibilities are:

• New Technology Introduction to spearhead new technology conceptualization for future generation ADAS experiences for the NA market through in-house development as well as strategic partnerships with key technology hubs such as universities, startups and research labs
• Software Development to expand Hyundai/Kia/Genesis ADAS capabilities in coordination with the R&D Headquarters and other internal/external project partners
• Prototyping and Demonstration to develop prototypes and proof of concept demonstrations to various global teams within Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) for new ADAS/AD functions targeted for the NA market
• Software Strategy and Planning to identify market trends and customer needs for key ADAS experience themes and selection of new concept ideas
• Data Analysis for Production Applications to support requirements development and verification and software updates to improve product performance in the NA market.

How You Will Drive Innovation:

As Computer Vision and Perception Algorithms Senior Engineer within our growing team, you will lead and support the following key activities:

Key Activities:

• Lead advanced development and prototyping of new ADAS experiences specialized for the North American (NA) market in areas such as L2+/L3 automated driving, automated towing and hitching, automated parking, and automated path adjustment for collision avoidance features.
• Bring fresh ideas, depth and technical expertise within our growing perception team, provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers
• Lead algorithm development to build, simulate and test perception algorithms, improve production software modules to enhance existing Hyundai/Kia/Genesis ADAS suite
• Work with internal / external partners to establish AI/ML process for training and deployment of perception models in rapid-prototyping as well as production environments
• Lead strategic partnerships with external technology hubs (universities, research labs, startups, suppliers) to develop innovative ADAS perception solutions
• Lead/support AI/ML dataset creation, labeling, curation, formatting, model training, evaluation and deployment efforts to develop in-vehicle proofs of concept and demos
• Interface with technical experts and subject matter experts from the R&D Headquarters in South Korea to establish and maintain a collaborative relationship with our global partners

Experience and Skills

Basic Qualifications:

• M.S or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Engineering or a similar engineering discipline
• 4+ years of industry experience developing and deploying algorithms for computer vision and perception tasks
• Proficiency in Python and C/C++ and experience with relevant AI and machine learning frameworks (e.g TensorFlow, PyTorch etc)
• Strong experience in computer vision with expertise in libraries such as OpenCV

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD level education in Engineering or Computer Science with a focus on Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision or a related field
• Proven track record in computer vision, image processing, and machine learning techniques
• Familiarity with different stages of AI/ML process from data pipeline (data acquisition, processing, curation, labelling) tasks to AI/ML model deployment on embedded platforms.
• Expertise in image processing algorithms, computer vision techniques, and machine learning models relevant to ADAS and/or robotic perception tasks such as object detection, depth estimation, unified bird's-eye-view representation, image segmentation
• Previous experience deploying object detection models into embedded platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson or similar
• Strong experience building, implementing, and supporting medium to large scale solutions in Python and/or C/C++
• Experience providing technical guidance and mentorship to more junior engineers
• Experience creating publications (e.g. patents, libraries, top conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals) is a plus
• Experience with model training augmentation with synthetic datasets is a plus
• Experience with decentralized AI methodologies (e.g Federated ML, Split ML) is a plus

We believe in the unique contributions that individuals can bring to our team, so even if you don't meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply! We're looking for potential and passion as much as experience and expertise.

Candidates applying for positions with Hyundai and KIA must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.