Ingénieur en acquisition et traitement de données capteurs

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Contract type : Fixed-term contract

Level of qualifications required : Graduate degree or equivalent

Fonction : Temporary scientific engineer

Level of experience : From 3 to 5 years

About the research centre or Inria department

The Inria center at Université Côte d'Azur includes 42 research teams and 9 support services. The center’s staff (about 500 people) is made up of scientists of different nationalities, engineers, technicians and administrative staff. The teams are mainly located on the university campuses of Sophia Antipolis and Nice as well as Montpellier, in close collaboration with research and higher education laboratories and establishments (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INRAE, INSERM ...), but also with the regional economic players.

With a presence in the fields of computational neuroscience and biology, data science and modeling, software engineering and certification, as well as collaborative robotics, the Inria Centre at Université Côte d'Azur  is a major player in terms of scientific excellence through its results and collaborations at both European and international levels.

Context

As part of the H2020-AGRIFOOD-TEF and STAIRS projects (GDRA: Grand Défi Robotique Agricole), ACENTAURI is offering a specialist engineer position on the acquisition and processing of multispectral data.

The objective is to acquire data and process it in order to supply environmental monitoring applications.

It will therefore be

    to acquire multi-spectral camera data with a drone
    to develop processing and analysis tools
    to define relevant indexes for monitoring purposes
    to feed a Decision Support System
    to conduct studies and analysis with specialists in the agriculture, agrifood and forestry sectors to monitor diseases and growth of agricultural and forestry products

Regular travel is planned for this position to make acquisitions on site. The B license is compulsory as well as the drone remote pilot certificate.

Assignment

Missions:
As part of the two H2020-AGRIFOOD-TEF projects and the STAIRS project (GDRA: Grand Défi Robotique Agricole),
 the recruited person will be required to participate in data acquisition campaigns in France 
(exceptionally in Europe) from a instrumented drone. These or two campaigns can be carried out as 
part of the service to SMEs/Startups within the framework of AGRIFOOD-TEF or as part of the construction 
of specific DATASETS for the STAIRS project. In addition, he will also be responsible for providing a 
state of the art review of existing DATASETS.


The analysis of multi-spectral data requires knowledge in classical image processing but also 
in physics and agronomy.

Collaboration:
The recruited person will be linked to the engineering team already in place in the AGRIDOOD-TEF project. It will have to share the tasks allocated to the AGRIDOOD-TEF project services.

Responsibilities:
The recruited person will be responsible for setting up and planning acquisitions as well as the necessary authorizations regarding the use of drones and the acquisition of sensor data.
 

Main activities

Main activaties:

    User needs analysis
    Proposed solutions
    Development of programs/applications and interfaces
    Design of experimental software platform
    Writing documents

Additional activities:

    Writing reports
    Writing meeting minutes
    Test, modification and Validation

Skills

Technical skills and level required:
The candidate should preferably have an engineering degree with already proven experience (at least 3 years). The candidate must have solid foundations in software development and image and signal processing (Matlab, C/C++, Python, Git, OpenCL, CMAKE, ROS1, ROS2, etc.). Knowledge of programming machine learning methods (learning and inference) and GPU programming will be highly appreciated.

LANGUAGES :
a good level of reading/writing/speaking English is desired.


Interpersonal skills:

The candidate will be in contact with the members of the team and will have to integrate into the ACENTAURI engineering team. He/She must have appropriate interpersonal skills.

Additional skills appreciated:
The B license and the drone remote control license are mandatory. He/she must also be highly motivated for multidisciplinary studies and all aspects of R&D ranging from fundamental to experimental work.

Benefits package

  • Subsidized meals
  • Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
  • Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
  • Possibility of teleworking and flexible organization of working hours
  • Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
  • Social, cultural and sports events and activities
  • Access to vocational training
  • Contribution to mutual insurance (subject to conditions)

 

Remuneration

From 2692 € gross monthly (according to degree and experience)