Computer Vision Engineer
Also known as: CV Engineer · Image Processing Engineer
Builds software that lets machines understand images and video.
What you’d do
A computer vision engineer builds software that lets machines understand images and video, for tasks such as detection, recognition, inspection and tracking. Employers include AI startups, product companies, automotive and manufacturing firms, and research labs. A typical day involves preparing image datasets, training and testing models, and making them run fast enough on real devices.
- Trains models for detection and recognition
- Prepares and labels image datasets
- Tunes models to run on devices or servers
- Tests accuracy on real-world footage
How you get in
Freshers usually enter through internships or junior ML engineer roles, with projects or papers that show working vision models. A postgraduate degree helps for research-heavy teams.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Python and deep learning frameworks
- Image processing (OpenCV)
- Linear algebra and statistics
- Dataset labelling and evaluation
- Deploying models on edge devices
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition4
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field4
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- A specialised field with fewer openings than general software roles.
- Projects and demonstrable results matter as much as degrees.
- Next roles: senior CV/ML engineer, research engineer, ML lead.
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