Principal Research Engineer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Alitheon has invented the patented concept of the FeaturePrint™. Think of a FeaturePrint as a fingerprint for any solid object. As every person has a unique fingerprint, every object has small, unique properties that make it distinct from all other similar items. Featureprinting establishes a verifiable, fingerprint-like identity for every Featureprinted object. Consider the possibilities.

We’ve demonstrated that FeaturePrints work in the lab and in the real world. Now we need to deploy them to our customers via an enterprise-grade platform. We are a small team on a big mission and need to quickly scale to take advantage of the demand coming from Fortune 500 companies.

Do you want to help design our platform? Would you like to work on a creative machine vision platform? Are you passionate about working with a small but growing start-up? If so, we would love to talk to you.

Job Description

The Role

The Principal Research Engineer reports to the Chief Scientist and is responsible for initiating, creating, and managing projects to extend Alitheon’s core technologies. Project management experience in industry or other technical research is essential, as is significant work in machine learning, machine vision, deep learning neural networks, and/or related fields.

You will manage both internal research projects and customer-specific technical work. You will work with Research, Engineering, and customers to define Alitheon research projects that extend our technical capabilities both internally and externally. You will design and execute experiments to test potential algorithms, hardware, software, or externally-supplied tools.

You will need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to initiate requirements and translate them into projects, to manage technical projects, and to present results. You will act as a liaison with customers and with other Alitheon teams on research efforts. You will work with the Chief Scientist to protect Alitheon’s Intellectual Property, including filing patents and supporting Alitheon’s patent work.

Your specific tasks may include:

  • Conceive, design, and manage research projects extending Alitheon’s core technologies.
  • Manage research-directed customer projects and product-specific improvements.
  • Manage junior personnel.
  • Maintain the Research lab and direct laboratory technicians where appropriate.
  • Be responsible, along with the Chief Scientist, for building up Alitheon’s Research Department both in personal and in equipment.
  • Contribute to the definition of and selection of production hardware.
  • Work with other team members to pursue patentability of appropriate technology.
  • Acquire external hardware and associated software knowledge in relevant fields, including machine vision, machine perception, neural networks, and deep learning.
  • Attend industry conferences and keep up with industry journals and online discussions in relevant fields.
  • Contribute to the ongoing education of Alitheon personnel through internal tech talks, brown-bag lunch presentations, and ad-hoc meetings.

Qualifications

Must haves:

  • Background in machine learning, machine vision, or related field.
  • Significant Industry or other research experience in initiating and managing technical projects in machine learning/machine vision.
  • Coding ability and experience turning algorithms into test and production code.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Dedication to continuing education in the fields of machine vision, machine perception, and deep learning.

Additional Information

Work Environment

We are in downtown Bellevue near the Bellevue transit center. We have a professional, fun environment where we work hard but also respect a work-life balance for team members. We offer equity, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401K and other benefits.

Travel Requirements

There is the potential to occasionally travel inside the US when we deploy at client sites, however this position is not expected to travel often.

Company Address

10900 NE 8th St, Bellevue, WA 98004

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