Primary Role: R&D, MOCAP and Scanning Technical Supervisor
Location: Max Planck Institute, Tübingen, Germany
Job type: Full time (relocation provided)
The Perceiving Systems Department, already home to the most highly detailed 3D BodyScanner in the world, a groundbreaking 66 camera custom system, is building a new custom 4D system to capture the human body in motion. We are looking for someone to work with a team of researchers, programmers and technicians to build, support, expand and use these systems for basic research on human body shape and motion. Click here for more details: http://ps.is.tue.mpg.de/job_ad?id=6
Responsibilities:
- Support the group's capture facilities, current and future.
- Develop custom software for scan processing and analysis.
- Plan and set up capture sessions and experiments.
- Manage 4D shape and motion capture databases.
- Be the go-to person for scanner calibration, configuration and integration.
- Work with scientists and students on basic research, large-scale data capture, and novel applications.
- Develop tools and techniques to view and work with 4D data.
Desired Experience:
- Advanced degree or hands-on experience in motion capture, computer vision, or graphics.
- A desire to help shape the future of motion capture.
- Experience with multi-camera capture systems, standard mocap systems, scanners, etc.
- Experience with the foundations of synchronization, camera calibration etc. is highly desirable.
- Strong systems, scripting and programming skills.
- Strong written/spoken English.
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Perceiving Systems Department
Tübingen, 72076
Germany
Website: http://ps.is.tue.mpg.de/
Email: ps-apply@tuebingen.mpg.de