Development Engineer (all genders) Software - AI Integration

Safety Beyond - Join the team behind the world’s safest vision systems!

At Kappa optronics, everything revolves around high-tech with real impact. Our vision systems are among the global leaders in defense, aviation, and automotive. With our cameras, international customers rely on the highest safety and innovation.

Your Responsibilities:

• Integration of AI models for object detection on our product platforms (especially FPGA- and Embedded-Linux-based systems)
• Adaptation and optimization of existing standard models for specific use cases (e.g., fine-tuning performance, transfer learning)
• Analysis, selection, and evaluation of suitable AI architectures for high-performance embedded applications
• Close collaboration with and interface function to FPGA developers and embedded software teams for efficient system integration
• Contribution to the definition and implementation of development processes for AI-based camera systems according to, for example, aviation standards (including documentation)
• Working in highly motivated project teams in technology platform development

Your Profile:

• Completed technical studies (Bachelor or Master in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, or a comparable field of study)
• Experience in the development, integration, and training of AI models, especially in the field of object detection (e.g., CNNs, YOLO, transformer-based approaches)
• Proficient knowledge of Python and experience with common AI frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch)
• Experience in optimizing and deploying AI models for embedded systems (e.g., quantization, pruning, edge inference)
• Basic knowledge of FPGA technologies and/or embedded Linux systems is advantageous (expert knowledge not required)
• Experience in collaboration at the interfaces between hardware and software development is beneficial
• Technical knowledge of camera systems and image signal processing is advantageous
• Experience with real datasets as well as data preparation and annotation
• Experience in safety-critical systems, preferably in aviation or military land vehicles
• Knowledge of functional safety is advantageous
• Very good English skills

We Offer:

• Professional tasks as diverse and varied as our technology
• Career prospects for employees who want to work independently and actively contribute
• Short decision-making processes and excellent development opportunities
• A highly motivated team, family-like corporate environment
• Job-related training and company pension scheme
• Employee benefits (e.g., bike leasing, job car, English courses, German courses, corporate benefits)
• Kindergarten care allowance (up to 300.00 per child per month)
• Free use of e-charging stations or subsidy for job tickets (Germany ticket)
• EGYM Wellpass: Access to 8,000+ fitness & wellness facilities - personal contribution 30/month
• Flexible working time models
• 30 days of annual leave