Staff Systems Engineer - Camera
San Carlos, CA$230k - $285kFull-timePosted today
About the role
Staff Systems Engineer focused on end-to-end camera stack for the NEO home robot, from sensor selection and calibration to production-grade image pipelines and fleet-wide calibration/diagnostics.
Responsibilities
- Own camera selection end to end: define sensor, lens, and module requirements with hardware and perception teams, run trade studies, and carry a choice through vendor engagement and bring-up on real hardware
- Deliver a camera pipeline that holds up in production: sensor drivers, multi-camera synchronization and timestamping, and frame delivery that meets its latency budget without dropping frames or destabilizing timestamps
- Tune the image path for machines rather than for people: exposure, white balance, and dynamic range chosen so perception models are accurate in real homes, including low light and hard backlight
- Make calibration a production process, not a lab procedure: intrinsics and extrinsics calibrated on the line inside cycle time, validated automatically, monitored for drift across the fleet, and recoverable in the field
Qualifications
- 5+ years shipping camera or imaging software in production systems: robotics, autonomous vehicles, consumer devices, or AR and VR
- Hands-on experience bringing up image sensors on embedded Linux, including V4L2, MIPI CSI-2, and driver and device tree work
- Demonstrated experience with camera intrinsic and extrinsic calibration, including validating calibration quality rather than trusting a solver's output
- Strong C++ in performance-critical systems, with profiling and debugging habits to find where frames and milliseconds actually go
Skills
Required:Camera systems depthHardware boundary debuggingCalibration rigorFleet-scale thinking
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
- Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
- Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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