Research Associate – Smart Camera Applications in Manual Assembly Tasks; with the option of a PhD thesis at ETH Zurich

inspire is a publicly funded technology competence center of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) in collaboration with the Swiss MEM industry. Inspire supports the Swiss industry in researching and developing cutting-edge technologies, processes and methods. The inspire Product Development Group Zurich (ipdz) focuses on the industrialization of Additive Manufacturing to strengthen the Swiss industry's competitiveness.

Smart cameras and machine learning enables the transformation of support and guidance of manual assembly processes. Smart cameras applications in manual assembly offers a huge innovation potential for a wide range of applications. Deep learning-based smart cameras can avoid error costs in manual assembly. With the use of CAD-based synthetic data, training in pipelines can beautomated and manual processing time for labeling will be avoided. The PhD position is in strong collaboration with Swiss SME industry partners.

The position offers the possibility of a doing PhD program, which will be supervised by Prof. Mirko Meboldt at ETH Zurich, who is co-responsible for the area at Inspire. The projects are in collaboration with industrial partners. The projects focus on industrial applications of synthetic training data for smart cameras in manual assembly tasks. A strong focus is on human caused errors.

• Experience in computer vision and machine learning
• Experience in software tools for 3D graphics and rendering is beneficial
• Very good Master's degree (Master of Science)
• Passion for smart camera applications and innovations
• Strong interest in industry collaborations
• Prior knowledge and experience in relevant aspects of the specific profile
• Independent work style and a confident manner
• Ability to work in a team
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and spoken
• Knowledge of the German language is an advantage
• Applicants must be either Swiss citizens, EU or EFTA nationals or have the legal right to live
• and work in Switzerland

We offer an inspiring, supportive and team-based industry and research environment that helps you to create your own research and expertise profile. Our team shares a common mission to make a measurable impact in both research and research transfer. The team has an excellent international and national network with research institutions and industrial partners. Take a look at our website to get an insight into our team, culture, projects, and researchactivities. https://www.inspire.ch/de/ueber-uns/fachbereiche/produktentwicklung-konstruktion/ , https://pdz.ethz.ch/research/dnt.html