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Computer Vision Engineer

Monarch· R&D
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Emeryville, CaliforniaFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Engineer role focused on developing and validating computer-vision methods to detect and track insects (mosquitoes or pests) in top-mounted behavioral-assay videos, deriving interpretable behavioral features, building labeled datasets, and ensuring auditable measurements for scientific research.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and validate methods for detecting and tracking multiple mosquitoes in top-mounted behavioral-assay video
  • Derive cumulative landing-zone occupancy, trajectories, spatial distribution, entry and exit rates, dwell time, and other interpretable behavioral features
  • Build representative labeled datasets and error analyses across labs, cameras, lighting conditions, arenas, mosquito densities, and occlusion patterns
  • Quantify confidence and route uncertain or anomalous results to efficient human review rather than silently producing a score
  • Design visual overlays and quality-control tools that let scientists inspect how each measurement was produced
  • Work with entomologists and lab teams to improve camera placement, assay geometry, capture standards, and the behavior labels that matter scientifically
  • Develop and validate methods for detecting and tracking multiple insects in top-mounted behavioral-assay video (crop-protection)

Qualifications

  • Strong experience with object detection, multi-object tracking, segmentation, pose or trajectory analysis, or related computer-vision methods
  • Strong Python skills and experience with PyTorch, OpenCV, or equivalent tools
  • Experience building evaluation sets and choosing metrics that reflect the downstream use of a vision system
  • Ability to build efficient video-processing pipelines and debug failures at the frame and sequence level
  • Clear communication with domain scientists and software engineers

Skills

Required:Object detection, multi-object tracking, segmentation, pose or trajectory analysisPythonPyTorchOpenCVVideo-processing pipelines
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Monarch

Monarch is developing a scalable, precision-based approach to protect crops from insects.

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