Senior Research Scientist, Computer Vision/Remote Sensing

Google is seeking a Senior Research Scientist specializing in Computer Vision and Remote Sensing to join their team. This role focuses on developing foundation models for remote sensing imagery, including satellite and aerial data. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Computer Science or a related field, with extensive experience in computer vision research and leadership.

Key responsibilities include exploring research directions in areas such as pre-training recipes, multi-modality, and temporal sequences, as well as contributing to the team's roadmap with a focus on innovation and usability. The role involves collaborating with researchers across Google to connect various geospatial efforts and helping teams optimize the use of foundation models for their specific tasks.

The position requires expertise in building computer vision models using machine learning techniques, experience with Remote Sensing data, and strong software engineering skills in Python or C++. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing findings.

Google Research aims to make discoveries that impact everyone, and the team's work has the potential to influence technology used by billions of people daily. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge research in computer vision and remote sensing, with applications in areas such as land use/land cover segmentation, object detection, and change detection.

Join Google's research team to push the boundaries of computer vision and remote sensing technology, while working in a collaborative environment that values innovation, mentorship, and impactful research.