Algorithm Engineer (C++, Image Processing, HPC)

• Partner with hardware, optics, systems engineering, and applications teams to optimize overall system performance.
• Analyze technical trade-offs and contribute to system-level performance improvements.
• Operate independently while collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• Experience with CUDA C++, GPU programming, parallel computing, or high-performance computing architectures.
• Experience developing high-performance software for semiconductor manufacturing, inspection, metrology, computational lithography, simulation, or related technical domains.
• Familiarity with machine learning and deep learning techniques for data analysis, imaging, or classification applications.
• Experience with Python and scientific computing tools.
• Understanding of optical systems and computational imaging.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field; or
• MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong background in algorithm development, applied mathematics, numerical methods, image processing, computer vision, or related technical disciplines.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++ software development.
• Experience developing and optimizing complex software systems in production environments.
• Experience with performance-oriented software development on CPU and/or GPU architectures.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed.

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