Computer Vision | SLAM

About Naicos

Naicos, a fast-paced startup, builds AI-native products for algorithmic commerce: the future of how e-commerce runs. Our first products are already live with paying customers, and we are shipping new ones continuously.

Your Role

You will drive the research behind our imaging products, finding approaches to hard, unsolved problems in product and apparel imagery that work at production scale. You will run the experiments, prove what is viable, and hand a working approach to the engineering team.

Who We Are Looking For

•     Total experience: 3 years or more, with a strong research orientation

•     Deep learning frameworks in Python: PyTorch or TensorFlow

•     Image processing in Python: OpenCV, Pillow, scikit-image

•     Working knowledge of diffusion and other image generation models

We are looking for a strong research or research-student profile: someone who investigates, experiments and proves an approach, working closely with the AI Architect. Someone who is driven to build solutions, not just desk research.

AI Skills and Experience

•     Computer vision: classical CV alongside deep learning.

•     Segmentation, image-to-image translation, geometry and lighting; 

•     Generative imaging: diffusion models, conditioning and control, fine-tuning and LoRA,

•     Reads academic papers, judges what is reproducible, and turns one into a working prototype in days

Good to have

•     3D and rendering; published research or open-source contributions; model optimisation for inference cost

Research and innovative problem solving

•     Comfortable where there is no known answer, and defines the approach yourself

•     Solves problems inventively rather than reaching for the biggest model; many results come from classical image processing, fitment and geometric transformation

Other Relevant Skills and Experience

•     Designs experiments: baselines, measurable success criteria, honest reporting of negative results

•     Explains findings to a non-research audience and guides engineers to production

•     Git and reproducible experiment tracking (Weights & Biases, MLflow or similar)

Educational Qualification

•     BE / B.Tech / ME / M.Tech in Computer Science

•     BE / B.Tech / ME / M.Tech in any discipline with proven Computer Vision coursework or work

•     MSc / MS in Computer Science, Maths, Statistics or Computer Vision

•     PhD in Computer Vision or Machine Learning: an advantage, not a requirement

•     Reputed Tier 1 university preferred

Position: Computer Vision Engineer

Experience: 2–3 Years

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Computer Vision Engineer to join our autonomy and avionics team. The role involves developing, implementing, and validating computer vision models and algorithms and pipelines for UAVs operating in both GNSS-available and GNSS-denied environments.

The ideal candidate should have a strong foundation in theory of deep learning and machine learning, strong understanding of electromagnetic spectrum, imaging fundamentals, camera principles, and mathematical concepts with hands-on experience in implementing these algorithms on embedded or real-time systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimise AI Models
• Make custom CNNs/ modify existing CNNs to suit specific problems at hand
• Handle end-to-end training flow
• Implement end to end inference pipelines on standard PCs as well as on embedded systems
• Understand performance benchmarks and assess the accuracy and inference times
• Implement traditional image processing algorithms
• Factor the code to leverage underlying hardware architecture
• Prune the networks for efficiency
• Integrate the system within the application framework using C++
• Work closely with perception, controls, embedded software, and systems engineering teams.

Required Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics, ECE, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
• 2–3 years of experience in relevant area
• Strong understanding of: Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics, AI-ML-DL fundamentals, Image processing, Camera Functioning
• Strong programming skills in C++ and Python.
• Experience with MATLAB for algorithm development and validation.
• Familiarity with Linux development environments.
• Experience with Git version control.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Camera, IMU Calibration and Synchronisation
• Experience with multi-sensor fusion.
• Experience working with NVIDIA devices
• Experience on FPGA will be an added advantage
• Full understanding of Git functionality
• Exposure to airborne software development processes and coding standards (e.g., MISRA C++).

Personal Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently on challenging technical problems.
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Passion for solving challenging problems
• Willingness to participate in field trials and flight testing.
• Team player