Research Engineer Co-op

Company: Motorola Solutions
Location: Somerville
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

If you are a current Motorola Solutions employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. Company OverviewAt Motorola Solutions, we create technologies our customers refer to as their lifeline. Our technology platforms in communications, software, video and services help our customers work safely and more efficiently. Whether it's helping firefighters see through smoke, enabling police officers to see around street corners, or reliably keeping the lights on in homes and businesses around the world, our work supports those who put their lives on the line to keep us safe. Bring your passion, potential and talents to Motorola Solutions, and help us usher in a new era in public safety and security.
Department OverviewMotorola Solutions' innovations, products and services play essential roles in people's lives. Our end-to-end suite of software solutions helps our customers answer thousands of emergency calls and text messages, and process video, disparate evidence and records. We are also proud to be industry leaders in video security solutions installed in more than 120 countries at thousands of customer sites, including school campuses, transportation systems, healthcare centers, public venues, critical infrastructure, prisons, factories, casinos, airports, financial institutions, government facilities, and retailers.

Our products leverage cutting edge voice technology, language models, natural language understanding, video analytics, and Machine Learning to enable our customers to focus on what matters while providing faster responses, safer outcomes and greater transparency. The candidate will join a talented team of scientists and engineers (located in Chicago, Boston, Vancouver and Krakow, Poland) in the Chief Technology Office at Motorola Solutions working on developing mission-critical AI solutions for our public safety and commercial customers. Our mission is to provide meaningful value to MSI's customers by developing domain-specific applications and services in the areas of Speech & Audio, Machine Translation, Natural Language Understanding and Computer Vision.

Our AI team is focused on all aspects of 1) designing, prototyping and developing solutions (algorithms and architectures for object detection, classification etc.), 2) Machine Learning training and optimization (distributed training and inference acceleration) and 3) data (tools for data acquisition, annotation - both human and machine-powered, data pipelines and supporting ML infrastructure). We're excited about the work we are doing in AI. We often describe it as "Mission Critical AI" because our approach is founded on our many years of Public Safety and Video Security experience and knowledge. We know the mission-critical needs of our customers are unique and different from the most consumer technologies that leverage AI today.
Job DescriptionResponsibilities include:

• Assist Research Scientists in developing new algorithms in cutting edge areas of Machine Learning and Computer Vision, including Deep Learning Object Detection, Object Recognition and Image Retrieval
• Reproduce, test and evaluate published state-of-the-art Computer Vision algorithms. Optimize algorithms for real-time environments and environments with limited computational resources (GPU, CPU, and memory)-- Desired Skills/Qualifications:
  • Background in Machine Learning and Computer Vision as well as experience using Deep Learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow--
  • Strong mathematical background: familiarity with linear algebra, probability theory, optimization and statistics
  • Ability to read, understand and present the latest publications
  • Experience with Python or C++
    Basic Requirements
    • Master's degree in progress in relevant field: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Computer Science
    • Must be graduating on or after December 2021
      Travel RequirementsNone
      Relocation ProvidedNone
      Position TypeIntern
      Referral Payment PlanYes
      
      EEO Statement Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic. Posted 5 Days Ago Full time R11269 About Us MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS OVERVIEW Our customers are everyday heroes - from police officers and firefighters to utility workers and educators. At any moment, they need to be ready for anything and everything - and they rely on us to deliver the essential lines of communication they need to work safely and effectively. Whether it's helping firefighters see through smoke, enabling police officers to see around street corners, or reliably keeping the lights on in homes and businesses around the world, our mission-critical communications, services, software, video surveillance and analytics help our enterprise and public safety customers keep businesses thriving and communities safe. That's how we know we are living up to our company purpose: helping people be their best in the moments that matter.

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