Job Description

We are looking for an experienced, detail-oriented individual to join the Yum! Innovation team to play a key role in our goal to step-change QSR industry using current and future technologies. This individual will work with a variety of our vendor partners from startups to global players, in our digital lab and agile environment, and with cross-functional teams across our brands and markets globally to solve our exciting business challenges and identify potential opportunities.

This individual will also learn our business, apply creativity and experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Computer Vision (CV) technologies to provide industry leading customer and team member experience through better order accuracy and faster speed of service.

Responsibilities:

This individual will work in a lab setting and have deep, hands-on experience with a variety of AI & CV systems, and techniques including object detection, action recognition, segmentation, tracking, retrieving depth maps/3D reconstruction
Partner with our existing and new vendors to evaluate assist in building prototype to assess their capability in our digital lab and complete technical feasibility study
Evaluate state-of-the-art models, algorithms by prototyping/testing in lab setting, studying feasibility and efficiency, and perform technical performance benchmarking, and analyze to support engineering decisions
Propose and implement creative, efficient solutions, and promote demonstrable technology using prototypes, and take them to in-store pilots by integrating with systems, and collaborating with Yum teams on technology roadmap
Partner with vendors to evaluate, analyze and optimize hardware, software and related processes to build scalable models
Collaborate with other innovation teams to ideate, evaluate use of software and AI to support their priorities including Robotics, Automation, IoT & Connected Kitchen
Triage, troubleshoot, and resolve issues found in systems and integration, and work with relevant teams in addressing them
Lead or Assist in installation and running of prototype demonstrations
Write and review technical documents including technical requirements, design documents and data models
Ability and willingness to learn new technologies, assess their capabilities and maturity level in addressing our unique needs
Keep up with technology & trends by attending conferences, reading, and reaching out

Passions:

Design: Building great consumer and team members experiences
Innovation: Seeing the world differently and generating solutions
Contribution: Building something that differentiates our brands
Learning: Willingness to learn new technologies
Entrepreneurial: See challenges and identify opportunities for improvement
Team Work: Reach out and Collaborate to build functional and technical know-how from our brands and markets

Degree:

M.S. degree from an accredited university and specialization in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and/or Computer Vision.
Ph.D - Preferred

Experience:

2+ years hands-on experience in AI and Computer Vision, and ability to build and troubleshoot issues in Cloud Development, Deployment & Administration
Experience in machine learning algorithms for vision problems, including deep learning
Experience in real-time video analytics pipeline, and knowledge of internal hardware, 3D camera designs, design logic, and camera logic
Familiarity, hands-on experience in Software systems architecture, Integration, Optimization and 3rd party cloud AI services including AWS, Azure and GCP
Experience in Conversational AI (Text and Voice) - Preferred
Experience in Retail and Hospitality - Preferred