Posted by Willy Franzen on April 28, 2014. Jobs updated daily.
I’ve always been able to hit balls a really hard. Baseball was my sport growing up, and power was a big part of my game. When I picked up golf, I brought the power over from my baseball swing. The problem was that my big swing often resulted in a lost ball because my accuracy wasn’t quite there. I needed help and didn’t want to spend a lot of time taking lessons, so I eventually gave up golf. It’s too bad that Zepp Labs wasn’t around then. They’re a Los Gatos, CA based company that “empowers athletes and coaches with meaningful performance information to help them immediately improve their game.” They’ve developed 3D motion capture technology that works with your smartphone to give you the kind of analysis that used to be reserved for professionals.
Zepp Labs’ hardware is a very small device that goes on the handle end of a baseball bat, golf club, or tennis racquet. The sensor connects to your phone or tablet via bluetooth and captures 1,000 data points per second. The app on the mobile device then turns that data into real feedback that you can use to improve your swing. The devices only cost $149.99, so they are affordable for many consumer and coaches who had never previously had access to motion tracking technology. Wearables is a really hot space right now, and although Zepp Labs’ sensors go on your bat/club/racquet instead of on your body, they are still wearables in my book. If you’d like to help athletes improve their performance through 3D motion tracking, check out Zepp Labs’ Careers page. Right now they’re looking for a Computer Vision Algorithm Engineer Intern, a Principle Computer Vision Algorithm Engineer, and a Social Media Community Manager.
Links to Help You Begin Your Research
How’s your swing?
We've identified Zepp Labs as having career opportunities in the following categories:
Leave a Reply