Post-doc in Artificial Data Generation for Industry

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The “Industrial Inspection ” group, based in Alpnach, Switzerland is looking for a Post-Doc in Artificial Data Generation for Industry

Your mission
The Industrial Inspection group at CSEM (located at the CSEM Site in Alpnach) develops algorithms and systems based on advanced machine and deep learning in the areas of quality and process control, human centric AI and cognitive robotics. The range of tasks is extremely diverse and extends from research and prototyping to the development and commissioning of industrial plants. As a Research Fellow "Artificial Data Generation for Industry", your task will be to develop methods and pipelines that will improve or even enable machine & deep learning approaches for industrial applications where the amount of data is very low and/or have very high class imbalance with the help of generated data. The group already developed and deployed projects that used data generation pipelines for industrial part identification and robotic control applications. As a research fellow, you will work for two years exclusivly in research with a strong interconnection to the R&D team that give input to industry's needs and applications. Your main focus will be to find solutions and algorithms to deliver industry grade solutions by using as less real data as possible. The research fellow position is intended for two years, with the possibility of subsequently joining the R&D team.

Your responsabilities

• Research in the field of artificial data generation with a focus on small industrial data sets for down stream tasks like:
• One- and Few Shot learning
• Un- and Semi supervised anomaly detection
• Semantic hashing and clustering based defect detection
• Development of tools data generation pipelines to support the R&D Engineers
• Technology presentations at conferences & clients
• Work closely with the R&D team to understand our customers' needs and ensure industry applicability of own research
• Continuously keep aware of the state of the art

Your profile
Know-how

• Holder of a PHd degree in Data Science, Computer Engineering or similar, with a deep understanding in the field of computer generated image data with and without AI (GAN, Stable Diffusion, NERF, Gaussian Splatting, Photogrammetry, Rendering & Computer Graphics). Alternativly a holder of a master degree in the mentioned fields with at least 4 Years of experiance in research in at least one of the mentioned fields.
• Photorealistic Rendering and Simulation (e.g. Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine, NVIDIA Omniverse, ...)
• Physically Based Rendering Material
• Understanding of 3D Representations (3D-Mesh, Voxels, Point Clouds)
• State of the Art in Generative AI like GANs, Stable Diffusion, Transformer Based Models, Variational Autoencoders, Large Language Models
• Design and Application of Custom Neural Networks
• Basics in 3D Modelling (Solidworks, ....)
• Strong Programming skills in python required, C++/C# is a plus
• Deep LEarning Libraries Py Torch, ONNX

Interpersonal skills

• Structured and analytical problem solving
• Good communication skills to present ideas, data and results.
• Teamworker
• Proactive, dedicated, resilient and innovation driven
• Fluency in English required, German is a plus

CSEM mission and values
Our mission is the development and transfer of innovative technologies to the Swiss industry. Our objective is to make an impact on our customers and on society at large in the fields of precision manufacturing, digital technologies and sustainable energy. Our strength is the excellence of our people, about 650 passionate specialists dedicated to innovation and technology transfer. We believe that strong values support the successful development of our organization as well as the harmonious and balanced development of all our employees.
We are

• A unique place between research and industry at the cutting edge of new technologies
• An innovative, non-profit, and employee-driven company
• A dynamic, multidisciplinary, and multicultural environment
• A solar team focused on enabling solutions to energy challenges for a sustainable world

Working@CSEM means

• being part of a passionate community
• incredible flexibility, attractive working conditions, and great opportunities of development
• benefit from a management style based on trust & feedback and that favors a work-life balance

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity.
We look forward to receiving your complete application file via (CV, cover letter, certificates & diplomas) our job page.
Preference will be given to professionals applying directly.