Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future.
Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are. Join the Smart Home team to create smarter, safer and more sustainable homes.
About This Role
As an AI Engineer on the Camera AI team, you will work alongside a group of talented and collaborative engineers to create practical AI solutions that significantly enhance home protection, provide valuable insights, and increase daily convenience. Our pioneering, fully integrated smart home ecosystem provides a unique platform to develop groundbreaking experiences in computer vision, sensor fusion, and advanced machine learning applications.
Your key responsibilities will encompass:
Lead the design and development of high-quality, scalable AI features and products, focusing on customer benefits and technical excellence.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (embedded, apps, platform, QA, product, and UX) to successfully deploy AI solutions to our large customer base.
Create, test, and refine advanced machine learning models, optimizing them for both edge and cloud environments.
Develop comprehensive pipelines for data management, including curation, visualization, annotation, and model training processes.
Continuously monitor and maintain the performance of AI features in production, ensuring ongoing customer value and discover iterative improvements.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD in Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field and 3-5 years of relevant experience Strong analytical and problem-solving skills AI/ML Experience:
Computer vision
Data structures, curation, annotation, and pipelines o Model training, fine-tuning, and evaluation
Programming and Technical Proficiency: Rust, C++, Python, Shell, Embedded Linux, Git
Preferred Qualifications:
Computer Vision: Classification, Object Detection, Segmentation, Tracking, Recognition, VLM, Pose, Vector Embeddings, Re-ID, OpenCV
ML frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch
Data Engineering:
FiftyOne, CVAT, Vertex AI, Label Studio
Data Visualization/Story Telling and Data Wrangling/Munging/Big Data
MLOps/DevOps: DVC, CML, GTO, Gitlab Pipelines
Cloud: GCP (Vertex AI/Storage/Cloud Functions), AWS, Azure
Databases: SQL, NoSQL, Vector, Time Series, Graph
Transformers, LLMs, Knowledge Graphs
Multimedia pipelines: GStreamer, ffmpeg, mediapipe
Edge computing, Embedded Systems, and IoT Devices
Model compression techniques
Image, Audio, Radar, Signal Processing
Communication Protocols: gRPC, MQTT, WebRTC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Experience working with secure, scalable, high-availability, low latency, and distributed solutions
JIRA and Confluence proficiency
NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.
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NRG is an energy company that operates at the intersection of energy and home services, driven by a mission to create a smarter, cleaner, and more connected future. The company owns Vivint Smart Home, a leading U.S. smart home company dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services including security cameras, smart locks, and home automation systems. Vivint has been recognized as one of Forbes' World's 50 Most Innovative Companies and operates a nationwide field service network. The company focuses on proactively protecting customers and keeping them connected to their homes through cutting-edge technology and comprehensive home automation solutions.
