Senior AI Engineer (Optimization).

Careers that Change Lives 
Acquired by Medtronic – the world’s largest medical device company – in 2019, Digital Technologies is a part of the Surgical Robotics operating unit. The company was founded by two surgeons to realize the mission of bringing safe and standardized surgical care to patients around the world. 

As a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer, focused on algorithm optimization, you will help to design, implement, and optimize Machine Learning models to achieve low latency on edge and cloud devices. You will become part of a talented team exploring new concepts through fast iterative prototyping. You will collaborate as an AI optimization expert with our other machine learning engineers, platform engineers, embedded software engineers and research experts of the team. 

A Day in the Life 
In our computer vision/machine learning team, you will be responsible for: 
• Benchmarking and optimizing different existing network architectures and their latency in different target platforms 
• Further re-designing or optimizing existing network architectures to improve their forward flow and reduce latency 
• Developing production pipelines in the cloud or edge devices to process surgical videos in real-time with our optimized models 
• Delivering well-written and high-quality code 
• Sharing results during regular meetings 
• Staying updated with state-of-the-art methods and propose novel approaches for problems at hand (we try to devote time to do research and share it with the team) 

Must Haves 
• A Master or PhD in, Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Vision/Machine Learning or similar related field 
• Proven ability to design and build computer vision networks using Pytorch 
• Knowledge of different optimization methods (e.g. pruning, sparsity, quantization etc..) 
• Experience with AI optimization tools (e.g. TensorRT) 
• Very knowledgeable in Python and relevant numerical libraries (numpy, scikit-learn, opencv, etc.) 
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines 
• Computer Vision 

Nice to Haves
• Advanced knowledge on AI-based optimization methods (QAT, Knowledge Distillation, Network Sparsification etc..) 
• Knowledge of AWS cloud and experience with their services (EKS, ECS, ...) and docker 
• Knowledge of C++ and CUDA, and ideally experience writing custom kernels / operators 
• Data visualization experience would also be useful for this role 
• Excellent communicator - You are comfortable talking with programmers, marketers, surgeons, business leaders, and everyone in-between 
• Experience of working in video processing or equivalent performance sensitive or high-performance applications 

We Offer
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package to all our employees:
• Flexible working environment
• Annual Incentive Plan % depending on company results
• Pension scheme and group discount on healthcare insurance 
• Training possibilities via Cornerstone/Skills Lab
• Employee Assistance Program and Recognize! (our global recognition program)

Our Commitment
Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communities if we hope to have long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.