In Cognition, people-not devices-are at the center of everything we do. 

Our tech moves beyond screens and pixels, creating a new reality aimed at bringing us closer together-whether that’s colleagues brainstorming around a giant digital whiteboard, scientists “meeting” on the surface of a virtual Mars, or some yet undreamt-of possibility. To get there, we’re incorporating diverse groundbreaking technologies, from the revolutionary Holographic Processing Unit to computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and more. We’re a growing team of talented engineers and artists putting technology on a human path across all devices, including Microsoft HoloLens, Windows Mixed Reality headsets, Kinect for Azure, the Internet of Things, Tablets, Desktops and more! We believe Mixed Reality technology empowers every person and organization to achieve more. If you do too, we need you! 

We are looking for a software engineer to be responsible for design, implementation and optimization of innovative computer vision and AI algorithms for our upcoming products. Our team focuses on technologies related to image and video processing, camera calibration, computational photography, motion tracking and 3D reconstruction. 

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do: 

• Partner directly with a team of diverse and talented peers across disciplines including design, hardware engineering, Program Management, and Software Engineering 
• Partner with the architects and the technical leadership team to deliver solid technical designs that satisfy requirements for multiple products and product families 

• Own accurate costing for your engineering activities and tracking your work from design through to completion 
• Execute with high accountability to schedule and quality 
• Participate actively in detailed design, code reviews, bug/issue triage with feature teams and support well informed decisions towards engineering, customer and business goals. 
• Maintain an unwavering focus on our customers, their problems and needs 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications Required: 

• Deep native development skills in C++ design and coding, with strong debugging skills 
• Experience with algorithms, mathematics, or statistics, particularly in fields related to computer vision or robotics 
• Experience with Computer vision, image processing, video processing, or computational photography, SLAM, Robotic Perception, Depth Cameras, Motion Tracking, Deep Learning 
• Outstanding technical problem solving and debugging ability 
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills 

• Proven experience collaborating across disciplines and broad teams 
• Self-motivated to learn and execute with attention to detail in documentation and execution 
• Ability to handle technical and design ambiguity 
• Proven experience working through the full product cycle from initial design to final product 
• A proven track record of shipping quality products on time 

• A BS, MSc or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent 

There are plenty of other skills that are not required, but you’ll find useful in this role. Let us know if you have experience with: 

• API design 
• Computer Graphics: GPU, DirectX, HLSL, D3D, D3D11, or OpenGL 

• Writing performance-critical code, experience with implementations using SIMD processor extensions (e.g. SSE/AVX/NEON) 
• Mobile, embedded systems, systems on a chip (SoC), including performance and memory management 
• Cameras in the mobile space, camera processing pipelines, ISP tuning, or image quality fundamentals 
• Experience in software design on shipped consumer products or platforms 

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Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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