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University of Houston · 2 months ago

Research Engineer - Structures and Artificial Intelligence Lab

Houston, TX

Part-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

The University of Houston is seeking a Research Engineer to join their Civil Engineering department. This role focuses on building advanced computer vision systems and contributing to research and development efforts in creating accurate digital twins and improving anomaly detection models.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design and implement deep learning architectures, AI agent pipelines, and computer vision algorithms to achieve project goals (33%)

Conduct full stack development efforts including UI/UX, code maintenance, and deployment pipelines (33%)

Evaluate and refine AI models using annotated data and real-world image datasets (10%)

Curate multimodal real and synthetic datasets, including photogrammetry, LiDAR, and depth cameras, to build scalable analysis pipelines (10%)

Conduct data collection for validation of developed approaches (may involve occasional travel) (2%)

Collaborate with graduate and undergraduate student researchers (5%)

Perform other duties as assigned (7%)

Qualification

Python programmingComputer visionMachine learning3D scene understandingDeep learningSoftware engineeringOpen-source contributionsResearch publicationsCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, or a related field

Strong Python programming skills

1-3 years software engineering experience

Practical experience with computer vision, ML, or 3D scene understanding

Ability to work collaboratively across technical teams

US Citizen

Preferred

Master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, or a related field

Experience with photogrammetry, LiDAR alignment, or large-scale 3D data, and deep learning-based 3D vision and graphics

Familiarity with image annotation tools and dataset iteration workflows

Contributions to open-source, research publications, or production ML systems