Member of Technical Staff, Computer Vision / Graphics
OuterportSan Francisco, California, JPposted just now
At a glance
Join Outerport’s founding visual computing team to build geometric algorithms, interactive graphics tools, and computer vision/VLM systems that automate engineering design and simulation workflows.
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What you'll do
- Write geometric algorithms to process vector graphics and images
- Develop interactive image and vector graphics processing tools
- Collect data, annotate data, and train computer vision models and VLMs
- Write visualization code for debugging and interactive interfaces
Requirements
- 01Industry experience or projects in computer vision, graphics, or machine learning
- 02Engineering mindset
- 03Strong communication skills
- 04Good visual taste and appreciation for aesthetics
- 05Experience with CAD or vector graphics
- 06Interest in manufacturing, engineering, or EPC
- 07Publication record in CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICCP, ICIP, TPAMI, or SIGGRAPH
Skills
Full description
We’re looking for candidates with an interest or knack in solving visual computing problems (computer vision, graphics, CAD, rotating a shape). If enjoy writing code for things you can see, also in a fast paced environment, you’re likely a fit for this role.
As part of our founding visual computing team you may:
- Write novel geometric algorithms to process vector graphics / images
- Develop interactive tools to process images / vector graphics
- Collect data, annotate, and train computer vision models / VLMs
- Write beautiful visualization code for both debugging and for interactive interfaces
Qualifications (none of these are hard requirements)
- Industry experience or projects working on hard problems in computer vision, graphics, or machine learning (with Python / PyTorch)
- Being scrappy (getting things done, over theoretical soundness)
- Publication record in venues like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICCP, ICIP, TPAMI, SIGGRAPH
- Good visual taste / an appreciation for aesthetics
- A reputation for having an “engineering mindset”
- Strong communication skills
- Experience working on CAD, vector graphics
- Interest in manufacturing, engineering, EPC
About Outerport
Building out new LNG plants, HVAC systems, or semiconductor processes rely on hundreds of iterations of feasibility testing (through simulation or real-world lab tests) where different designs (combinations of equipment) and parameters are validated and optimized.
The parameters are often locked in PDFs (datasheets, wiring diagrams, PFDs/P&IDs) and the simulators don't have an easy API to work with. Engineers spend hundreds of hours to annotate and digitize these drawings to run simulations, quote work, build automations, investigate issues in factories, and optimize manufacturing processes. Unfortunately, LLMs and VLMs are still quite bad at analyzing these drawings and using engineering tools (like CAE, TCAD, etc).
Outerport bridges the gap by finding documents from PLMs, extracting structured data from drawings, building a knowledge graph over them, and building autonomous AI agents that can fully automate this R&D process by running simulations and performing design checks.
Outerport is already used at Fortune 500 enterprise companies in manufacturing & industrials to speed up design engineering and simulations.
Our team consists of experts in computer vision, computer graphics, systems software, and AI from companies like NVIDIA and Tulip Interfaces. With backing from Y Combinator and top-tier venture capital firms and angels, we're looking to expand our team to accelerate product development.
We work in SF and Tokyo. and we're a team that enjoy playing sports together and interested in topics ranging from physics research to semiconductor supply chains to beautiful industrial design.
Compensation: $100K - $200K
Skills: Python, Torch/PyTorch, OpenCV, Computer Vision
Experience: Any (new grads ok)