Data Engineer (f/m)

Zagreb, Croatia (Hybrid)

Work location: Zagreb/Osijek/remote

dSPACE is the global market leader and innovator of hardware and software solutions for embedded controller software development in Automotive, Aerospace and Manufacturing industries.

Founded in Germany in 1988 today dSPACE employs over 2,800 dedicated people worldwide, who are committed to making the embedded controls software development process efficient through innovative tools and services.

For our offices in Croatia dSPACE  is looking for creative and motivated professionals. You will be part of an ambitious team that delivers high-quality data to our customers.

We are offering the following position:


Data Engineer (f/m)

dSPACE AI unit is solving the data problem of AI. The tooling and services provided by dSPACE AI unit enable our customers to get the right data, at the right quality and right quantity to make production grade AI products a reality.

As a Data Engineer, you are responsible to deliver projects from start to finish. You solve technical challenges with code and non-technical issues by applying your people skills and process knowledge. You excite our customers with excellent data quality and help to make dSPACE solutions more accessible.

This job advertisement is aimed at applicants with professional experience as well as dedicated graduates.


Your Tasks

  • As a member of a cross-functional team, you help kick-start our annotation projects and provide the results back to our customers
  • Close the loop between customers and our product development teams
  • Implement custom data importers and exporters, to support specific sensor (e.g. LiDAR, radar, camera, GNSS) and data (e.g. ROS) formats
  • Solve mathematical problems in code to enable the labelling process, e.g. working on sensor calibration or lens distortion issues, performing point cloud data transformations and visualizations, implementing tools for data quality validation
  • Collaborate across teams and departments to improve our product and share your insights from specific projects
  • Strive to automate all recurring aspects of your work


Your Qualifications

  • University degree in Computer Science (or related) or a proven track record as a software engineer
  • Excellent communicator, team player and actively seeking for information when needed
  • Solid experience in Python, including working with libraries such as NumPy, Pandas etc. (experience with libraries like OpenCV or Open3D is a plus)
  • Work in a self-dependent way with a strong focus on quality      
  • Passionate about Clean Code Principles to produce high quality code
  • Familiar with linear algebra concepts like vectors, matrices & transformations and have the problem solving and coding skills to tackle related problems
  • Domain knowledge on ADAS/AD, ML/AI, computer vision and labeling is a plus
  • Very good English language skills are mandatory, German is an advantage


What We Offer

  • Work-life balance (no official cell phones - we are not available after working hours; flexible working hours; possible work from home)
  • Work in an organized and motivated team of employees with help and support of leaders
  • 6-month onboarding with the support of a mentor
  • Additional internal and external trainings
  • Our benefits package includes paid compensation for transport costs, paid meal allowance, paid kindergarten costs, Easter bonus, vacation bonus, Christmas bonus, compensation for the Croatian tourist card (Cro card), child allowance, additional health insurance covering comprehensive annual medical examination, more favorable price for a gym membership, annual bonus depending on the results


Working at dSPACE means taking on challenging and varied tasks in a promising and exciting industry. With us, you have responsibility and can shape your personal career. A collegial and cooperative approach is as natural for us as the continuous development of your expertise.

If you are ready to join our highly successful international team and take on the challenge of creating yet another success story in Croatia – send us your application in English (including motivational letter and CV) indicating your earliest possible entry date and your salary expectations!


Data Engineer (f/m)

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