Senior Computer Vision Engineer

Halifax, Nova Scotia (Hybrid) or Remote within Canada

Meridia Recruitment Solutions has partnered with Innovasea on their search for a Senior Computer Vision Engineer to join their team.

Innovasea is a global leader in aquaculture technology and fish tracking science, providing end-to-end solutions that advance sustainable fish farming and the preservation of marine and freshwater habitats. With a team of over 250 employees, Innovasea is driven by a commitment to authenticity, collaboration, innovation, and stewardship, with a mission to build a more sustainable future for aquatic life.

Position Scope

Reporting to the VP of Aquaculture Technology, the Senior Computer Vision Engineer will lead the design, development, and deployment of computer vision and deep learning algorithms for real-time underwater perception and analytics. This role shapes the next generation of ocean farming products, working across detection, tracking, 3D reconstruction, and model optimization for edge deployment. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with software, hardware, marine biology, and ocean engineering teams to translate complex field challenges into robust, measurable algorithmic solutions.

Responsibilities

Design and implement computer vision and deep learning algorithms for underwater applications, including detection, tracking, segmentation, pose estimation, and 3D reconstruction. Develop robust image enhancement and domain adaptation approaches for challenging underwater conditions such as turbidity, low-light, and colour distortion. Build and maintain scalable training and evaluation pipelines, including dataset curation, labelling workflows, augmentation strategies, and experiment tracking. Define and monitor algorithm KPIs (accuracy, precision/recall, tracking stability, 3D error, latency), running ablation studies to drive continuous improvement. Optimize models for real-time edge deployment on Jetson/GPU hardware using quantization, pruning, TensorRT, and pipeline profiling. Integrate models into production systems in collaboration with software and hardware teams, including APIs, streaming pipelines, versioning, and rollback strategies. Partner with marine biology and ocean engineering stakeholders to ensure algorithm outputs support fish well-being, operational excellence, and scientific validity. Travel domestically and internationally for R&D site work, system validation, and customer engagements.

Position Requirements

10+ years of experience in computer vision and deep learning, with a strong foundation in object detection, instance/semantic segmentation, and multi-object tracking. Proven experience building training and evaluation pipelines, including dataset management, augmentation, metrics design, and experiment reproducibility. Proficiency in Python for ML development and C++ for production integration. Hands-on experience with PyTorch and modern ML frameworks. Experience with deployment and optimization tools including TensorRT, ONNX, mixed precision, quantization, and performance profiling. Strong software engineering fundamentals, including clean architecture, modular code, testing, and CI/CD basics. Familiarity with Git-based workflows and code review culture. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to convert ambiguous problems into actionable experiments and deliverables.

Assets

Experience with underwater vision challenges (turbidity, motion blur, colour shift) and domain adaptation or robustness methods. Familiarity with active learning, human-in-the-loop labelling, uncertainty estimation, or drift detection. Experience with MLOps tooling such as Weights & Biases, MLflow, DVC, or model registries. Exposure to distributed training, multi-GPU, or cloud training workflows.

What Innovasea Offers

Competitive compensation with a hybrid or remote-flexible work arrangement. Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision benefits. Pension plan and wellness allowance. Paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave. Employee Assistance Program. The opportunity to work on meaningful technology that contributes to a more sustainable future for aquatic ecosystems.

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For more information about this exciting opportunity please contact Jamie Grant, Partner, at jgrant@kbrs.ca or Nick Leadbetter, Senior Recruitment Specialist, at nleadbetter@kbrs.ca. If you require accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please let Nick know.

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