Research Scientist – Computer Vision

Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited is a 100% owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of the world's leading global supplier of technology and services, offering end-to-end Engineering, IT and Business Solutions. With over 28,200+ associates, it’s the largest software development center of Bosch, outside Germany, indicating that it is the Technology Powerhouse of Bosch in India with a global footprint and presence in the US, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

Job Description -

We are looking for a highly motivated Research Scientist – Computer Vision to join our advanced research team at Bosch’s Corporate Research and Technology Center India (CR/RTC-IN), Bangalore. This role focuses on scientific innovation and foundational research in areas such as object recognition, visual perception for autonomous systems, scene understanding, and robust visual AI for real-world industrial and mobility environments.

The ideal candidate will develop novel vision algorithms and contribute to Bosch’s global technology roadmap through publications, prototypes, and collaboration with academic and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities -

• Conduct original research in:
  

  • Image and video understanding (object detection, tracking, segmentation)
  • Scene understanding, 3D perception, and sensor fusion
  • Multimodal visual grounding (vision-language models, visual question answering)
  • Lightweight vision models for real-time and embedded applications

• Develop and maintain reproducible research pipelines for experimentation

• Collaborate with Bosch units globally to align research with mobility and manufacturing use cases

• Publish results in top-tier conferences (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICRA, IROS)

• Contribute to patents and strategic IP in the area of computer vision and perception

• Mentor interns, junior researchers, and actively contribute to the internal AI community

Educational qualification:

• Ph.D. or Master’s in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / AI / Vision or equivalent

Experience :

• 4–8 years in Computer Vision / Deep Learning Research

Mandatory/requires Skills :

• Deep understanding of computer vision and machine learning fundamentals

• Hands-on experience with:
  

  • Deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenCV)
  • Visual perception pipelines: object detection (YOLO, Faster R-CNN), segmentation (Mask R-CNN, SAM), depth estimation
  • Camera/LiDAR/RGB-D fusion or 3D point cloud processing

• Strong programming skills in Python/C++

• Demonstrated publication record in CV/AI/robotics venues

• Familiarity with evaluation protocols, datasets (KITTI, COCO, Waymo, Cityscapes)

Preferred Skills :

• Experience with:
  

  • Vision-Language Models (e.g., CLIP, BLIP, Kosmos)

• Self-supervised / few-shot / continual learning for visual tasks

• Industrial visual inspection or anomaly detection in manufacturing

• Real-time deployment on edge or embedded systems (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson, DSPs) - Prior contributions to open-source vision projects

At Bosch Research, you will work on solving real-world industrial problems with the full support of Bosch’s global innovation network. This role combines deep technical execution with strategic leadership, offering the unique opportunity to shape the future of AI/ML at Bosch and beyond.