Camera Systems and Calibration Engineer

The role

You will own the entire optics and calibration stack including lens selection, image quality, and multi-camera alignment. This role involves developing calibration infrastructure and production procedures to ensure data usability for model training.

What you will do

• Optics and sensor selection including lens characterization and sensor evaluation
• Manage optical mount tolerance budget with the mechanical team
• Develop IR filter and lens shading correction approaches
• Perform image quality and ISP tuning for AE, AWB, color matrix, gamma, and lens shading
• Ensure multi-camera color and exposure consistency
• Develop multi-stage calibration pipelines for intrinsics, extrinsics, and camera-IMU spatial and temporal calibration
• Design calibration rigs, fixtures, and software pipelines
• Create automated verification and QA systems
• Develop factory-floor calibration procedures and per-unit QA gating
• Monitor field calibration drift

Required qualifications

• Hands-on multi-camera calibration (intrinsics, stereo, multi-rig)
• Fisheye distortion modeling (Kannala-Brandt or equivalent)
• IMU calibration: bias, alignment, Allan variance, temperature curves
• Calibration tooling and infrastructure for production
• Comfortable in both the optics lab and the calibration software stack

Nice to have

• OpenCV, Kalibr, or similar calibration frameworks
• ISP tuning on Qualcomm, NXP, or Ambarella platforms
• AR/VR, autonomous vehicle, or research-grade capture device background
• Camera-IMU temporal alignment
• Manufacturing calibration line experience
• Uncertainty quantification and error analysis

About the company

Human Archive is a research lab backed by Y Combinator focused on modeling human embodied intelligence. Founded by Stanford and UC Berkeley researchers, the lab builds custom hardware products and publishes research.