Image Quality Engineer

About GlobalLogic UK&I

We help brands across the globe design and build innovative products, platforms, and digital experiences for the modern world.

By integrating experience design, complex engineering, and data expertise—we help our clients imagine what’s possible and accelerate their transition into tomorrow’s digital businesses transformation journey. By integrating our strategic design, complex engineering, and vertical industry expertise with Hitachi’s Operating Technology and Information Technology capabilities, we help our clients imagine what’s possible and accelerate their transition into tomorrow’s digital businesses.

Department/Project Description

Our client is a Tier-1 Automotive hardware and software company on a mission to realize self-driving cars, employing a disruptive business model to excel in key technology areas. Specializing in advanced driver assistance systems, automated driving, and cloud solutions, we're reshaping the automotive industry.

Role Description

As Image Quality Engineer you will be responsible for the development of state-of-the-art Vision Systems supporting the video pipeline development focusing on image sensor and image signal processing (ISP) configuration and optimisation and supported by an experienced team of imaging and optics design experts planning delivery and validation of best in class viewing and analytics features in line with cutting edge automotive vision applications.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop state of the art Image Signal Processing Pipelines for Scene Viewing and Scene Processing applications
• Characterise and optimize the Image Sensor and associated ISP pipeline for a wide range of VVS applications.
• Validate the Image Quality performance to the latest industry standards.
• Review Customer Requirements and translate into internal systems & software requirements specifications.
• Actively coordinate with Systems Architects, Software Architects, Software and Test engineers to ensure full planning, implementation and traceability of requirements relating to your assigned function
• Define and maintain development plans for your assigned function within a project and provide regular engineering reports on status and performance of the same.
• Interface directly with your counterparts at vehicle manufacturers to plan and agree development of your assigned function.
• Manage the validation of your assigned feature throughout its development in both the Laboratory and Test Vehicle in line with best practices and customer expectations.
• Participate in OEM Customer Workshops to review, test and plan next steps relating to your assigned function.
• Provide regular demos of your function to senior management and customers on prototype vehicles.
• Perform research into new vision technology, ideas, and approaches to ensure the organization remains abreast of all leading edge/emerging vision technologies.
• Work innovatively and creatively within the group with a particular focus on protecting innovation and IP through the patent process.
• Support PC-based algorithmic Image Signal Processing development, including both scene viewing and scene processing applications.

What we’re looking for:

• Highly skilled in SW design, especially real-time C-programming, embedded/DSP programming in multi/many-core architecture, and C++ programming.
• Minimum reached education: BEng or BSc
• Minimum 2 years Image Processing Experience
• Strong understanding of Imaging and Image Signal Processing
• Understand of Optics Fundamentals
• Strong programming skills (C, C++, MATLAB, Python etc)
• Excellent English language communication skills, both written and verbal
• High level of innovation and motivation

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years’ experience in embedded software design and development.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field
• Training in developing firmware solutions using C, C++. MATLAB, Python.

We Offer

Why work at GlobalLogic

Our goal is to build an inclusive positive culture where everyone can feel comfortable being themselves, empowering our people to create their own high standards and therefore more value. We work together to promote fairness while recognising, valuing and embracing differences – providing a transparent support structure and generous training budget to help our people develop skills to progress their career. Our region also supports a hybrid model which can flex across a wide spectrum of working options determined by our business, customer and individual needs.

You’ll benefit from a comprehensive health and wellness plan, private healthcare (clinical and mental wellbeing), and discounted gym memberships. We offer a fantastic benefits package including a competitive pension scheme and recognition schemes through bonus/reward initiatives.

We are focused on creating a fully inclusive culture, where all our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. We celebrate, support, and thrive on our diversity. You have a unique opportunity to build your career progression by taking ownership of your personal and career development, and future. We encourage you to upskills and explore continued opportunities within the company.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and to be committed to equal employment opportunity across our organisation and in all our business operations. Employment is determined based upon merit without discrimination on the basis of applicants’ gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race, or membership of the traveller community.