The company

The Swatch Group is the world first watch manufacturer. Its well-known watch brands cover all price segments all over the world. Its strength is the vertical integration and its ability to do all key fabrication steps in-house from raw materials to finalized mechanical and electronic watches.

As the central corporate research laboratory, we are in the very center of Swatch Group manufacturing units. Our mission is always to be at the forefront of the technology evolution. We achieve this by inhouse R&D activities in various domains, as well as collaborations with external research institutions and universities.

For our ongoing digitalization efforts we are looking for a

Computer Vision and Data Science Engineer

Job description

You will be an active and initiative part of a small and motivated team developing innovative computer based tools for optical control, metrology and modeling.
As main tasks you will:
- In close collaboration with customers conceive and implement methods for automated parts
inspection and process monitoring on laboratory and manufacturing scale. Test, document and promote your solutions.
- Build equipment prototypes including hardware control, data processing and user interface.
- Independently realize R&D projects internally as well as with external partners to achieve fixed objectives.
- Perform technology scouting and identify the latest trends in (optical) metrology and
modeling.
- Provide expertise on demand in above-mentioned domains.

Profile

- University level engineering education in physics or computer and data science.
- Relevant hands-on experience in industry or during a PhD.

Professional requirements

- You are at ease in handling multidimensional big data sets with classical as well as machine learning based techniques.
- You are proficient in object-oriented programming, ideally using Python.
- You understand industrial manufacturing processes and corresponding metrology
opportunities.
- You have hands-on experience with image acquisition and treatment HW as well as SW.
- Experience in optical metrology and computational science are important assets.
- You are a visionary person, take initiative and work independently to find creative solutions to seemingly impossible challenges.
- You have a "continuous improvement” and "go beyond” attitude.

Languages

- You should be, or willing to become fluent in oral French as the main social language at work.
- Good oral and written English is a must for our scientific and engineering environment.

Contact

If you are inspired by these technical challenges, please submit your application with curriculum vitae, motivation letter, diplomas and certificates.