About us:

The Berlin.Industrial.Group. (B.I.G.) is a group of innovative technology companies with >300 employees and >40 Mio.€ turnover. In many attractive niche areas we are already the innovation or market leader and combine straightforward start-up spirit with real industry environment. The strengths of our entire group are bundled at our headquarters in Berlin. This is where, on an area covering nearly 10,000 square meters, the B.I.G. companies develop and produce cutting-edge technology for a wide variety of industries. Everything we do rotates about hardware technology: diode lasers, laser processing optics, optical measuring devices, turbine seals, 3D metal printing machines or 3D custom-made products for individual parts and small series.

B.I.G. Corporate Services GmbH supports the individual companies of the Berlin.Industrial.Group. with our professional and customized services. We have an immediate vacancy for an AI Machine Learning Engineer (d/m/w)  for Escarda Technologies GmbH, based at the Group's campus in Berlin. Escarda Technologies GmbH is an innovative company specializing in the development of a laser-based weed control system that provides an ecological alternative to the use of herbicides. The weed control system uses camera sensors and state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms to detect and classify all plants in the field. Once the weeds are identified, a laser beam is used to remove the unwanted plants.

Your responsibilities:

Would you like to shape the future of Computer Vision Technology for Agriculture with us? We develop innovative AI algorithms for our weeding technology with the latest data-based approaches. In doing so, we use state-of-the-art software engineering! As Machine Learning Engineer be part of our unique project and develop first-class software to protect the future of the planet.

  • You will develop our data pipeline for Computer Vision
  • You will help in the acquisition, process and evaluation of large AI data sets
  • You will perform data analysis as well as proactive engagement with the latest technologies, techniques, and methods as well as knowledge transfer
  • You will implement analysis tools and visualize results for optimization of our Deep Learning algorithms
  • You will implement your solution with modern software engineering in Python and C++
  • You will work in a cross-functional project team on exciting and diverse projects

Your profile:

  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science / Machine Learning or related field
  • Excellent coding skills in the following languages, Python and C/C++
  • Strong theoretical and practical knowledge in ML technologies with focus in computer vision 
  • Knowledge in toolkits such as  OpenCV, PyTorch, TensorRT and TensorFlow
  • Excellent problem solving skills 
  • Fast learner and strong motivation on growing and learning new technologies
  • Solid foundations of Linux OS
  • Good to have, Bash scripting, ROS, Deployment of ML models.
  • Proficiency in German and English

We offer:

  • A long-term position with a lot of room for personal growth in an internationally operating and strongly growing high-tech company
  • A quite varied and challenging job on a newly built modern company campus
  • Flat hierarchies and short decision-making channels with plenty of room for personal responsibility
  • In-depth initial training program, regular cross-team knowledge transfer
  • Numerous free benefits at our facility (e.g. sports facilities) as well as regular company even