Also called: Sports AI Engineer
Builds AI that tracks players and the ball from video.
A computer vision engineer trains AI models to track players and the ball from broadcast video, then builds tools coaches and broadcasters use. They write code and test it on real game footage.
Approximate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. A bachelor's in computer science, then a master's focused on computer vision or machine learning; strong coding projects matter a lot.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Computer Science.
Growing much faster than average. Growing.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. They build the AI that tracks players and balls, so demand is growing, though AI coding tools change the work.
Classes: AP Computer Science A, AP Calculus, AP Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1252.
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