GFT Technologies SE
Samsung Electronics
R&D Specialist - Self-Supervised Learning
Position Summary
ABOUT SAMSUNG AND SRBR
Samsung's mission is to inspire the world and shape the future with transforming ideas and technologies! And did you know that many of these innovations are conceived and developed by Brazilian talents and impact the lives of millions of people worldwide?
Our Research and Development Center - SRBR - has two units in Brazil, in Campinas/SP and Manaus/AM, operating in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Information Security, Data Science, Software Development and Automation, and is a reference in technologies applied to health and well-being.
Here at SRBR, we breathe innovation! Working in R&D means always being ahead, looking to the future. Here, technology and health professionals work, research, and create solutions together, with great synergy and collaboration, in a disruptive ecosystem that includes universities, research institutes, and academia.
Our DNA is pure innovation and creativity, without losing our essence as a solid, consistent, and growing company.
Our way of working is constantly evolving; we believe in the power of in-person work for team synergy. ;)
Come transform the world with us! Come be #SAMSUNGER
DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND EQUITY
We believe in the power of differences to create innovations that serve and represent all people! We are in a broad process of evolving towards a workplace with more diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is why we value candidates of all people and their gender identities, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
Role and Responsibilities
Responsible for research and development of machine learning technologies, with a specific focus on Self-Supervised Learning (SSL), in the context of health and well-being, applied to wearable devices and the entire Samsung ecosystem. The specialist will work on creating frameworks and models that enable efficient learning of representations from unlabeled data, contributing to the advancement of innovative artificial intelligence solutions.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participate in SRBR's Artificial Intelligence (AI) R&D projects, which aim to produce innovative technology to equip Samsung devices and enable new services;
- Develop and optimize SSL frameworks to extract representations from unlabeled data, applicable to time series, as well as tabular data.
- Define and execute SSL experiments, evaluating performance metrics and comparing results with supervised and semi-supervised approaches. -
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (STEM, biological sciences, and medical sciences) to integrate SSL solutions into AI projects. -
- Contribute to the formulation of the team's strategy, proposing innovative projects; -
- Monitor and report project progress, ensuring the delivery of results aligned with technical and commercial objectives. -
- Mentorship and technical development of peers, sharing advanced knowledge in SSL and machine learning.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields;
- Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields, or equivalent industry experience.
- Industry experience with building machine learning models with SSL (desirable); -
- Advanced oral and written English;
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Proficiency in Self-Supervised Learning, including experience with Contrastive Learning and/or Self-Distillation, as well as reconstruction and clustering-based methods. -
- Experience in designing and implementing deep learning models for representation extraction. -
- Advanced knowledge in probability, statistics, and experimental design. -
- Programming skills, especially proficiency in Python and PyTorch. -
- Ability to train models on large volumes of data, using distributed learning techniques and optimizing computational resources. -
- Experience with big data environments and distributed processing. -
- Experience in optimizing models for resource-constrained devices is desirable. -
- Academic publication and participation in machine learning and AI conferences.
Skills and Qualifications
Location: Campinas, SP.
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OUR BENEFITS
People's well-being is a priority here, which is why we offer SRBR Health, a program with various initiatives focused on the physical and mental health of employees. We have massage, relaxation, and stretching sessions, offer access to the Zenklub platform, an online service with therapists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, or coaches, and Wellhub (formerly Gympass), a complete physical, mental, and nutritional well-being program.
- Our ping-pong tables are very popular, and to discover new sports talents, we promote a highly competitive annual tournament. -
- We value family connection, which is why parental leaves here are extended. Maternity leave (6 months) and paternity leave (20 days), plus childcare assistance for each child up to 24 months old. -
- We have the Mother's Room, a breastfeeding support space, for nursing mothers to express and store breast milk during working hours. -
- Flexible hours. -
- Meal voucher. -
- Health plan (extendable to legal dependents). -
- Dental plan (extendable to legal dependents). -
- Life insurance. -
- Transportation voucher or shuttle. -
- Fuel assistance (can be used for other services). -
- Company mobile phone. -
- Annual profit sharing. -
- Annual bonus, based on performance. -
- Portal with exclusive discounts on Samsung products. -
- We offer 4 hours per week for exclusive dedication to master's and doctoral studies. -
- We have a development and learning platform, Samsung U, with access to thousands of completely free online courses. -
- A work environment that stimulates creativity, collaborative work, and connection between teams.
