Staff Systems Engineer - Camera

The role

You will own the camera stack for the NEO humanoid robot. This includes sensor and lens selection, camera pipeline delivery, image path tuning, and production calibration.

What you will do

• Define sensor, lens, and module requirements with hardware and perception teams
• Run trade studies and manage vendor engagement and bring-up
• Deliver a camera pipeline including sensor drivers and multi-camera synchronization
• Tune exposure, white balance, and dynamic range for perception models
• Develop calibration processes for the production line and field recovery

Required qualifications

• 5+ years shipping camera or imaging software in production systems
• Hands-on experience bringing up image sensors on embedded Linux
• Experience with V4L2, MIPI CSI-2, and driver and device tree work
• Demonstrated experience with camera intrinsic and extrinsic calibration
• Strong C++ in performance-critical systems

Nice to have

• Experience with ISP tuning and image quality evaluation
• Experience taking calibration into manufacturing
• Familiarity with CUDA or GPU image processing
• Background in multi-camera synchronization, stereo rectification, or camera-IMU time alignment

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

About the company

1X builds humanoid robots that work in homes to handle chores and tasks. They are developing NEO, a flagship home robot designed to operate in the real world.