Software Developer Internship

Team Overview

Kitware’s Computer Vision team leads in creating cutting-edge algorithms and software for automated image and video analysis. Our solutions leverage deep learning to deliver measurable value to government agencies, commercial organizations, and academic institutions globally. We address the challenges of extracting, interpreting, and utilizing information across images, video, metadata, and text by developing robust and affordable solutions. We aim to advance computer vision and deep learning through research, development, and collaborative projects built upon open-source platforms like the Kitware Image and Video Exploitation and Retrieval (KWIVER) toolkit.

Our work on government contracts allows us to contribute positively to the community, focusing on complex problems that directly impact community health, safety, and security. A core company value is making the technology we develop as broadly available as possible.

The Role

In this position, you will contribute to Kitware's mission of positive social impact across environmental monitoring, national and global security, ethical AI, open science, scientific computing, and medical computing. Key responsibilities include:

• Developing tools and techniques for visualizing computer vision results.
• Improving quality control by developing software testing infrastructure (using CMake, CTest, etc.) and writing comprehensive test cases for code.
• Running experiments of existing algorithms on large-scale datasets using various parameter settings, and collecting/organizing the results.
• Developing and operating tools used to label objects, activities, and events within images and video, which are critical for testing and training computer vision algorithms.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (undergraduate students should be in their sophomore, junior, or senior year).
• Proficiency in C++ and/or Python.
• Must be a U.S. citizen due to contractual requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge or experience in computer vision and/or deep learning.

Company Culture and Information

Kitware is a research and development software solutions provider committed to advancing science and making a positive societal impact within a collaborative, employee-focused environment that is friendly, fair, and flexible. Our work improves healthcare outcomes, enhances national security, and advances the national computing infrastructure. Our clientele includes top universities, government organizations, national research labs, medical device manufacturers, car manufacturers, and financial institutions.

Kitware is proud to be 100% employee-owned. Team members benefit from a small company environment, flexibility in work assignments, and high levels of independence and responsibility.

Kitware actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, protected veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

If you need assistance with applying or interviewing for a role due to a disability or special need, please reach out directly to our HR team at hr@kitware.com at any time during the hiring process.