Description
The Visual Computing team in Bosch Research and Technology Center (Palo Alto office) is seeking an enthusiastic and creative expert with a strong desire to drive technology development in this domain towards viable solutions to growing market needs.
Type: Full-time position
Work Location: Palo Alto, CA
Major(s): Computer Science or related fields
Degree level: Ph.D. (or M.Sc. with at least 3 years of relevant R&D experience)
Start Date: as soon as possible
Tasks & Responsibilities:
Lead and conduct advanced R&D on data visualization technologies and applications, including scientific visualization, visual analytics, information visualization, and visualization systems, particularly those related to Bosch business areas.- Together with an international team of experts, drive the design and integration of innovative visualization solutions for next generation Bosch products in areas such as automotive technology, smart home and building solutions, robotics and autonomous systems, security systems, and industry 4.0 applications.
- Actively promote ideas from academic research to product development to enable future Bosch business.
Required Qualifications:
In-depth knowledge of visualization theories and state-of-the-art technologies in the following fields: visual analytics; large-scale data visualization; high-dimensional data visualization; interaction techniques for data visualization.- Excellent C/C++ programming skills; proficient with tools, APIs and platforms for both 3D visualization (e.g. OpenGL) and web-based visualization (e.g. JavaScript, WebGL, HTML5).
- 3+ years of development and prototyping experience in large, high-quality software systems in the field of visualization.
- Passion for quality products, software development principles and best practices.
- Strong research and problem solving skills.
- Up to date with research trends in scientific and information visualization.
- Excellent communication, teamwork and technical writing skills.
Desired Qualifications: - Demonstrated success in any leadership role of product development.
- Excellent publication record in leading visualization and graphics venues (e.g., IEEE SciVis / InfoVis / VAST, IEEE TVCG, ACM SIGGRAPH / SIGGRAPH Asia, etc.).
- Experience in mobile and web-based platform development.
About the Bosch Research and Technology Center
The Bosch Research and Technology Center North America (www.boschresearch.com) with offices in Palo Alto, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cambridge, Massachusetts is part of the global Bosch Group (www.bosch.com), a company with over 50 billion euro revenue, 300,000 people worldwide, a very diverse product portfolio, and a history of over 125 years. The Research and Technology Center North America (RTC-NA) is committed to providing technologies and system solutions for various Bosch business fields primarily in the areas of robotics and autonomous systems, visual computing, natural language understanding, web technologies, data mining, car infotainment, complex simulations, energy materials and technologies, wireless solutions, sensors, circuit design, and software engineering. In all areas we work in close collaboration with our partners at leading US universities, leading-edge industry partners, and other worldwide Bosch research, development, and marketing units.
About Visual Computing at RTC-NA
Our Visual Computing group is responsible for shaping the future user experience of Bosch products by developing cutting-edge technologies in the fields of computer graphics, computer vision, augmented / mixed-reality, visual analytics, scientific visualization, and HCI. We focus on solutions to hard challenges in using visual and other modes of communication for natural user interaction. We work with internal partners at various Bosch business units to transfer our ideas and solutions into future products. We also actively collaborate with leading groups in academia and industry to promote research ideas and publish research findings in internationally renowned conferences and journals.