AI / Computer Vision Engineer (m/f/d)

Exabotix develops modern UAV systems and ground infrastructure for autonomous flight operations. At the DLR National Test Center for Unmanned Aerial Systems in Cochstedt, near Magdeburg, we are working on fully autonomous solutions for takeoff, landing, and power supply – the so-called DRONEPORT – as well as on the development of our own UAV systems. Our technologies are used primarily in the field of critical infrastructure, where they make an important contribution to security and aerial surveillance. The work location is on the DLR premises at Cochstedt Airfield. With us, you will design systems that function without human intervention and support their implementation through to practical testing.

Your tasks:

• Development and training of deep learning models (CNN, Transformer) for the detection of smoke and heat anomalies
• Data fusion from multispectral, thermal and optical sensors
• Implementation and optimization of Edge AI solutions on embedded hardware
• Creation of data sets, training, evaluation and integration of the models into the overall system
• Participation in selected flight tests for calibration and data acquisition
• Collaboration with other developers to integrate AI into the flight process

Your profile:

• Studies in computer science, data science, AI or comparable
• Experience with frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, OpenCV
• Knowledge in the development of image processing algorithms and real-time implementation
• Experience in embedded or edge AI deployment (e.g. Jetson, Raspberry Pi)
• Understanding of UAV systems and sensor data processing is an advantage
• Interest in practical testing and analysis of real flight data

We offer:

• Collaboration on a socially relevant future topic
• Working with real test data and prototype flights
• Innovation-friendly environment and development work in a new team
• Participation in selected flight tests to validate the AI results

• Possibility of partial home office work depending on the area of responsibility and project phase
• We provide training to become a drone pilot in accordance with the EU competency certificate STS-02