Motion Capture Engineer

We are EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames and sunglasses. The Company brings together the complementary expertise of two industry pioneers, one in advanced lens technologies and the other in the craftsmanship of iconic eyewear, to create a vertically integrated business that is uniquely positioned to address the world’s evolving vision needs and the global demand of a growing eyewear industry.

With over 180,000 dedicated employees in 150 countries driving our iconic brands, our people are creative, entrepreneurial and celebrated for their unique perspectives and individuality. Committed to vision, we enable people to “see more and be more” thanks to our innovative designs and lens technologies, exceptional quality and cutting-edge processing methods. Every day we impact the lives of millions by changing the way people see the world.

PREMYOM* is an ambitious 5-year project of biomedical innovation for the benefit of young people and eye health. The aim is to bring the therapeutic treatment of myopia into the era of personalization. Lead partner EssilorLuxottica is leading the adventure with 5 renowned French partners in the fields of health (Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild), research (INRIA, Institut de la Vision, Institut Mines Télécom) and industry (start-up Insimo), at the crossroads of biology and clinical research, optics and optometry, modeling, simulation and AI, embedded devices and microstructured materials. Premyom, whose €41 million budget is co-financed by the France 2030 national plan, is recruiting talent from all these fields to enrich the community of 60 women and men committed together on a daily basis to preventing the myopia epidemic.

• Prise en charge et Ralentissement de l’Epidémie de MYopie par l’Optique Médicale

As part of this newly created role, you will be in charge of conducting clinical experimentations in motion capture and eye tracking (patient recruitment, preparing the experimental set-up, protocol, conducting the experiments, data analysis, following clinical regulations).

You will provide scientific analyses and reports of the collected data to gain insight on postural behavior linked to eye movements.

You will be involved in the following activities on a day to day:

• Experimental set-up combining motion capture and eye tracking to develop an eye-head-neck model
• Conduct clinical experimentations in motion capture (patient recruitment, preparing the experimental set-up, protocol, conducting the experiments, data analysis, following clinical regulations.)
• Provide Technical support to postdocs involved in motion capture and eye tracking experiments
• Write reports, presentations and IP relating to the obtained scientific results

Experience, Technical Skills and Background of the Candidate:

• Educational Background in biomedical engineering
• Ideally around 5 years of experience in motion capture and ideally eye tracking
• Solid experience with VICON motion capture equipment, along with NEXUS software package
• Knowledge of mobile eye tracking with hardware and software like Pupil Labs, AdHawk
• Strong problem solving skills
• Solid experience with Python software packages
• Good English and French language skills
• Strong interpersonal skills to provide support to other team members (eye tracking researchers and other researchers and scientists in the team).

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