What is a career in image processing like?
Hey everyone,
I’m in my 4th year of studies (honour's where I'm from) and looking into image processing / CV as a career, but I’m more interested in the job side than the theory. I haven't gotten any real-world experience, so I'd like to find out what others thought.
What is the job market like right now (in your specific region)? What kinds of roles are common (CV engineer, DSP engineer, ML vision, embedded vision, etc.) and which industries hire most people in this space (big tech, defence, medical, automotive, robotics, etc.)?
Also curious about job quality overall — pay, workload, stability, and growth. Is it mostly research roles or more applied engineering work in practice? And is the field becoming fully deep learning-based, or is there still a lot of traditional DSP/image processing in industry?
Finally, how hard is it to break into compared to general software engineering or ML roles, and is it a good long-term career bet or too niche?
Would appreciate any real-world insight.
Thanks everyone!