Research engineer part-time position

Description

**Research engineer part\-time position** ========================================= **Reference: 20260721\_DAG** **About CVC:** The Computer Vision Center (CVC) is a non\-profit research center established in 1995 by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Its mission is to carry out cutting\-edge research that has the highest international impact in the field of computer vision. It also promotes the transference of knowledge to industry and society. Computer vision is an exciting research area and an omnipresent technology, essentially empowering machines with the sense of vision. The CVC is a successful marriage between knowledge and innovation. In addition to our cutting\-edge scientific achievements, we have established lasting ties with industrial partners and created several spin\-off companies. **Research area or group:** Document Analysis Group (DAG) **Description of group/project:** Document Analysis is a discipline that combines image analysis and pattern recognition techniques to process and extract information from documents from different sources. Sources include either raster formats, after scanning paper\-based documents, or electronic formats such as ps, HTML, pdf, etc. Research subfields include paper layout analysis, optical character recognition and graphics recognition. The CVC's Document Analysis group has research and development experience in the following concerns: * Symbol recognition * Indexing and browsing by graphical content * Sketchy interfaces diagrammatic reasoning * Visual languages for graphic documents * Graphics recognition architectures * Reading systems for forms and structured documents * Camera\-based OCR * Fingerprint recognition **Context and Mission:** CVC is seeking for a **research engineer** to collaborate in one of the projects of the group, focused on the **treatment and exploitation of data from the documentary collection of historical archives.** This project is funded by the ***Departament de Cultura***from the***Generalitat de Catalunya***. **Requirements:** * MS in Computer Science specialized in machine learning and document image analysis * Strong programming skills in Python and/or C\+\+ * Knowledge and demonstrable experience with Deep Learning frameworks (Tensorflow, Pytorch, …) and image analysis packages (OpenCV, PIL) * Experience working in Linux computing environments * Experience in machine learning, GPU programming, distributed data processing systems or high\-performance computing will be a plus * Able to work independently as well as within an interdisciplinary team * Fluent in English. Good communication skills **Conditions:** * The position will be located at Computer Vision Center (Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) * We offer a part\-time (30h/w) temporary contract linked to the project and budget duration * Gross salary: 1\.139,60 € * Starting date: August 1, 2026 **Applications Procedure:** All applications must be sent through the online form indicating the following offer code: **20260721\_DAG** **Application Deadline:** 27 July, 2026 This project is funded by: