Research Engineer

Research Engineer (rapid prototyping of AI-driven 3D and Immersive Visualization Applications)

Barco designs technology that makes everyday life a little better. Seeing beyond the image, we develop sight, sound, and sharing solutions to help customers work together, share insights, and wow audiences. By unlocking the creative power of technology, we aim to enable "bright outcomes" for our customers.

In Barco Labs, skilled experts are exploring new technologies and building first-of-a-kind proof of concepts for our Healthcare, Enterprise and Entertainment divisions or to venture into new markets. We challenge ourselves to stay on top of state-of-the-art technology and priming future product roadmaps by building proof-of-concepts and explore new use cases, together with internal and external stakeholders.

Within the Visual Computing & AI technology domain, we leverage and research AI and data science, deep learning, GPU rendering and compute, computer vision, 3D visualization, game engines, XR, HMI, application innovation & rapid prototyping, incl. cloud & browser-native technologies.

As a research engineer,  

• You are practical and solution-oriented, you seek to in-depth understand end-user problems and think of innovative solutions.
• You pragmatically implement first-of-a-kind prototypes combining state-of-the-art HW, software SDKs and cloud APIs with new, innovative steps and algorithms.
• You stay up to date with academic and commercial developments and trends in your technology domain.
• You share and interact around these insights with your peers.
• You are a team player, you collaborate with your peers, internal stakeholders and potentially external partners to develop and demonstrate innovative solutions to challenging problems.

We are looking for a Barco Labs colleague who is:

• A generalist with a master’s degree in computer science engineering (or similar) and minimally 4 years of hands-on experience. 
• Keen on innovating through rapid prototyping new user experiences in the 3D Content and Immersive Visualization space
• Previous experience 
  • Minimum
    • Linux, C++ and Python
    • Experience in at least one of these domains:
      • computer vision / AI for images or video
      • GPU rendering and compute / 3D visualization / game engines / XR,
      • rapid prototyping with local SDKs, cloud APIs and web technologies (preferably in the graphics, image or video domain)
    • Hands-on experience with iterative designing, implementing and validating applications, incl. their backends (algorithms, video pipelines...)
    • Experience in full stack web development (React, node.js, …), Kubernetes and micro-services … is definitely a plus
  • Preferred, one or more of:
    • Hands-on background in training and using machine learning: CNNs and/or neural radiance fields and/or V/LLMs.
    • Generative AI for images or video; AI-driven video enhancement and visualization (e.g. viewpoint interpolation, avatar animation, neural radiance fields)
    • Real-time GPU frameworks (Vulkan, CUDA, WebGPU) and game engines (Unreal, Unity, ThreeJS)
    • Video streaming toolkits
    • Rapid prototyping the full application stack, including hybrid cloud + edge solutions
    • UX research & prototyping

• Has a hands-on innovation and can-do mindset.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: from ideation with end-users, over iterative prototyping to early-stage value proposition validation
• Works thoroughly and can work independently and with great perseverance towards a result that meets the requirements and constraints, that is evaluated and documented.
• Is pro-active, takes initiative and shows end-to-end problem ownership.
• Is a loyal team player with good (English) communication skills and willing to travel on occasion.

What’s in it for you?

• Drive innovation by exploring new technologies and prototyping new solutions, solving end-user pain points
• Work for a global technology top employer
• Appreciate the comfort of our eye-catching headquarters
• Enjoy continuous training opportunities at our very own Barco University
• Enjoy a competitive salary package