Taigatech

Do you want your thesis to end up running in production at a sawmill? Taigatech is offering two master’s thesis projects in computer vision and machine learning, starting in January 2027. You’ll work on real industrial data, with real hardware, alongside the team that built it. Taigatech makes sustainable wood production more competitive. Our AI and computer vision systems help sawmills and pulp mills use more of their raw material and keep their lines running. Founded in 2020 out of Chalmers, we are around fourteen people in Gothenburg, with Fredrik Kahl, professor of computer vision at Chalmers, as one of our founders. Our systems run in production in Sweden and abroad. PROJECT 1: 3D PERCEPTION – ADDING DEPTH TO OUR VISION SYSTEMS Our perception models today see the world through cameras. In this project you will find out what depth adds. You’ll help us choose and set up 3D sensor hardware, collect and annotate your own 3D data, and build a 3D perception model for the same task our camera-based models solve. Then you compare the two approaches on the same scenes. If the results look promising, you can go on to explore fusing 3D and image data in a single model. How far you get is shaped by what you find. You will join at the very start: the hardware isn’t bought yet, so you’ll have a real say in what we buy, how it is mounted and how the data is collected. Your results will directly inform which sensing technology we invest in next. Good fit if you like: deep learning on 3D data (3D detection and segmentation), sensors and data collection, careful experimental comparison. PROJECT 2: DOMAIN-ADAPTIVE MODELS – PERCEPTION THAT WORKS AT THE NEXT SITE ON DAY ONE Our cameras are fixed in place, which means every site has its own static background, lighting and seasons. Models can pick up on that background instead of the objects we care about. The goal of this project is to make our models stay accurate when we move to a new site, a new camera, or a new season, with as little relabelling as possible. You will implement and evaluate modern domain adaptation techniques on our detection and segmentation models. Possible directions include adversarial approaches such as gradient reversal layers and domain-adaptive detectors, self-training, cross-domain data mixing, and conditioning a model on a handful of example images from a new view. You will have plenty of room to experiment and choose your own direction. Good fit if you like: model training and experimentation, reading and reproducing recent papers, robustness and generalisation. HAVE YOUR OWN IDEA? The two projects above are starting points, not fixed assignments. If you want to adjust one to fit your interests, or you have an idea of your own in industrial computer vision, perception or machine learning, we want to hear it. Tell us in your cover letter what you’d like to explore and why. We’ll tell you honestly whether it fits, and we’re happy to shape it together. WHAT YOU GET * Real data and real impact. Authentic industrial data from several sites, and a path for your results into a live production system. * Hardware you help choose. * Direct supervision. Day-to-day support from our ML and computer vision engineers, and academic input through our Chalmers connection. * Freedom to shape the work. You’ll have a real say in the direction, from day one. * A foot in the door. We are growing, and a thesis is the best way to find out whether we are a good match. We are always interested in talking about a job afterwards. WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR * You are in the final year of a master’s programme in engineering physics, mechatronics, electrical engineering, engineering mathematics, computer science, data science, machine learning or a related field * You have a strong foundation in mathematics and machine learning, and have trained neural networks hands-on (PyTorch or similar) * You are comfortable programming in Python * You learn quickly, take ownership, and can work independently on a hard technical problem * Experience with computer vision is a plus; for project 1, experience with 3D data or sensors is a plus * You are available to start in January 2027 HOW TO APPLY Send your CV and a short cover letter telling us which project interests you, or what you’d like to work on instead, and why. We interview on a rolling basis, so don’t wait for the last day.

ABOUT TAIGATECH We solve some of the most important problems in industry with AI and computer vision. With our connection to the latest research and academia, we take world-leading research in AI and computer vision and turn it into impactful solutions that help the wood industry increase yield, availability, and productivity. Technology is reshaping our world. We believe the forest and wood products have an important role to play in a sustainable future, and AI is how the industry gets there. We are a growing team in a comfortable office in central Gothenburg, working closely with many of the leading names in wood processing. Our systems run in production at sawmills and pulp mills in Sweden and abroad. There's no better time to join our journey than now. WHY THIS ROLE EXISTS Our systems create value the moment their output reaches the customer's control system — a correction, a signal, something the line can act on. What determines the results are a handful of decisions made early and made well: which signal, where it lands, what the line does with it, and how it behaves when something unexpected happens. Get those right and the implementation is small and quick. Today that judgement is distributed between our own team and the automation partners we work with on each installation. We want someone to decide what the interface should look like, judge whether it came out right, decide when a sensor or other component needs replacing, and if the signal belongs on a different fieldbus. That's the person we're hiring. You don't replace our automation partners. You become the one who leads them. WHAT YOU'LL DO The role is both technical and leadership, and the balance shifts from project to project. * Own the machine-side interface. You decide how our system talks to the customer's PLC. Signals, timing, handshakes, watchdog, fail-safe behaviour. You write the functional description the work is built from. * Lead our automation partners. Sometimes that means writing the code snippet yourself. Sometimes it means explaining what needs doing and reviewing that it came out right. You decide which. * Make the technical decisions on the customer's plant. Upgrading a component for better results, or moving to a different fieldbus, is yours to propose and drive. The implementation itself normally goes to a partner. * Be the customer's main contact through the project — scope, timeline, status, time and cost reporting. You take over from sales and carry the delivery home. * Clear the path. OT network access, change control, and the dialogue with the site's automation and IT departments, so the installation can be done quickly and safely. * Work closely with our ML and vision engineers. Translate what the process needs into what the model has to output, and the model's limits back into what we can promise. * Make it repeatable. A reusable interface specification, a commissioning checklist, and a growing network of automation partners to deliver alongside. WHO YOU ARE You need experience, but we don't care how many years you have behind you. We care about what you've done. * You have programmed PLCs in live production, on at least one major platform — Siemens TIA/S7, Beckhoff, ABB, Mitsubishi, Codesys or equivalent * You have hands-on experience of industrial networks: Profinet, Profibus, EtherCAT, Modbus TCP, OPC UA or equivalent. * You have extended control systems you did not write with retrofits onto existing, running equipment * You have written functional descriptions that someone else built from * You have stood on site during commissioning, with production running and someone waiting * Drives the project forward by keeping people accountable, asking the right questions, and pushing decisions when it matters — even when that means a difficult conversation. * Swedish and English, and you sometimes travel to sites BONUS * Sawmill, pulp and paper, or other heavy process industry * Vision systems, sensors or measurement equipment * Experience on the supplier side, responsible for subcontractors * Machinery directive and risk assessment on modified lines * Python and basic data analysis WHAT WE OFFER You'll be our first dedicated automation hire. You set the delivery process, and it becomes the standard we scale on. As delivery volume grows, the function gets built around you. You'll work directly with the founders, with our ML engineers and with the mills themselves. Office in Gothenburg. We review applications on a rolling basis.

ABOUT TAIGATECH We are solving some of the most important problems for the industry, with AI and computer vision. With our connection to academia and the latest research, we take world-leading research in AI and computer vision and turn it into solutions that help the wood industry increase yield, availability, and productivity. With the new technology reshaping how the industry works. We believe the forest and wood products have an important role to play in a sustainable future, and that AI is how the industry gets there. We're a growing team in a cozy office in central Gothenburg, working closely with some of the leading names in wood working. There's no better time to join our journey than now. ABOUT THE ROLE Are you a driven and structured leader who thrives on keeping complex projects moving, building strong customer relationships, and getting the best out of the people around you? As we continue transforming the wood industry with cutting-edge AI and vision technologies, we're looking for a Project Manager to own the delivery of our solutions from project start to handover. As Project Manager you take over from sales and carry the project through to a successful delivery. You are the customer's main point of contact throughout the project — building trust, keeping them informed, and guiding them through the decisions that keep the delivery on track. You translate their needs into a technical description for the delivery, set and maintain the timeline, and keep every stakeholder aligned, from the customer to automation engineers and the team. You are the person who makes sure the project stays on schedule, the communication keeps flowing in both directions, and the right questions get asked at the right time. This is a role for someone who is comfortable leading customer dialogue, pushing decisions forward, challenging assumptions when needed, and holding many balls in the air without dropping any. RESPONSIBILITIES * Act as the customer's main point of contact from project start to handover * Build and maintain strong customer relationships, keeping communication clear and flowing in both directions * Scoping the project and architecting technical description based on the customer needs * Set, maintain, and update project timelines * Support the customer with system design and decisions * Book and lead meetings with the customer and the automation engineers to keep the project on schedule * Time/cost reporting and document the project accurately throughout * Drives the project forward by keeping people accountable, asking the right questions, and pushing decisions when it matters — even when that means a difficult conversation. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR (REQUIREMENTS) * Social and confident in customer dialogue, comfortable being the customer's main point of contact * Strong leadership skills — comfortable driving decisions and challenging when needed * A degree in engineering, or equivalent experience * Previous experience in project management or as a team lead * Accurate, methodical, and structured, with the ability to document correctly and keep timelines and time/cost reporting up to date * Analytical, with the ability to interpret data * Driven and self-starting, used to juggling many parallel tasks * Fluent in Swedish and English * Open to travelling MERITING * Comfortable with Python and data analysis tools * Curious and quality oriented, with a desire to understand and solve the underlying problem * Interest in or experience with machines and production * Experience with machine control systems EMPLOYMENT * Scope: Full-time, permanent * Start date: As soon as possible — applications are reviewed on a rolling basis Location: Göteborg, Office first but with some flexibility