Head, Emerging Technology
Job Responsibilities
- Formulate, drive, and execute the strategy on AI with particular focus on computer vision in line with the mission and goals of the Centre, develop the relevant technology roadmap to ensure a pioneer role of innovative applications in the industry
- Identify the latest technology development trends and applications of AI for the intelligent manufacturing industry with focus on computer vision technologies
- Oversee R&D activities to address industry needs and resolve technical difficulties, e.g. defect segmentation and classification, automated visual inspection, automatic labelling, quality control stations (hardware and software), etc.
- Drive industrial partnerships to ensure application oriented developments, cooperate with internal teams to propose the annual plan on both technology development and technical solutions development
- Lead and mentor the technical team “Computer Vision” to implement the annual plan with high quality and performance, including R&D project work, project documents, technical reports and paper, patents, etc.
- Support the Chief Technical Officer to explore technical demands for new business opportunities and the commercialisation of developed technologies
Job Requirements
- PhD in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science, Industrial Engineering and related disciplines or equivalent
- 10 years or above solid experience in technology development and applications of Intelligent systems, AI & Data Analytics and intelligent manufacturing
- Technical experience in the development and application of Machine Vision Inspection, Image Processing, Deep Learning, Data engineering and related areas preferred
- Proven track record of developing and leading a strategy plan of new technologies and solutions with positively impact on industries
- Proven experience in building and leading high performing team to develop the technologies and solutions to industries
- Extensive connections with the academia, technical institutes, professional bodies an advantage
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication, and analytical skills
- Good command of English; Cantonese and Putonghua language skills preferred