Senior Hardware Engineer (Camera, Lidar, Radar)

What you'll do

• Define and validate sensor requirements, coverage, placement, and performance for vehicle and autonomy needs.
• Commission sensors and develop test setups, automation, procedures, and analysis for bench and on-vehicle testing.
• Lead root cause analysis of sensor issues and coordinate sensor-related design improvements across teams.

What they ask for

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related field, and 3 or more years of hands-on sensor and engineering experience.
• Experience with test automation, scripting, data analysis, and field of view and coverage analysis, including geometric modeling of sensor placement on a vehicle or robot.
• Experience with at least two of camera, lidar, radar, or INS/GNSS; strong grasp of relevant sensor physics.
• Fluent in Python; experience writing executable test reports and procedures and collaborating cross-functionally.

Nice to have

• Prior experience in an AV, robotaxi, autonomous trucking, or ADAS program; commissioning sensor suites across vehicle builds or program phases.
• Heavy-duty truck or large articulated platform experience; knowledge of GMSL, Automotive Ethernet, CAN/CAN FD, and PTP, sensor simulation, or functional safety and SOTIF.

Tools

Python, GMSL, Automotive Ethernet, CAN/CAN FD, PTP, camera, lidar, radar

AI focus

The role involves autonomous-vehicle vision-based AI. AI tools may be used in hiring to compare applicant qualifications with the job description; a human reviews outputs and makes the final hiring decision.