Advanced Optical Sensor Test & Development Engineer (Automotive)

Location: Warren, Michigan, United States of America; onsite role.

Company

hirify.global develops automotive technologies focused on autonomous vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems, safety, emissions, and congestion reduction.

What you will do

• Lead development testing of camera and lidar components and modules for autonomous vehicle and ADAS features.
• Evaluate camera technologies including imagers, image signal processing, lens design, packaging, image quality, communication, latency, and frame rate.
• Collaborate with research and development, software, validation, HMI, network engineering teams, suppliers, customers, technology specialists, DREs, and performance engineers.
• Develop hardware and software test tools, procedures, metrics, pass/fail criteria, and methodologies for imaging technologies.
• Integrate, configure, calibrate, maintain, and update camera and lidar laboratory equipment and instrumentation.
• Analyze and document performance, benchmark sensor technologies, identify issues, and prepare test procedures, best-practice guides, and safe operating procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Math, Computer Science, or Chemistry, plus 3+ years of engineering experience in a related field.
• 3+ years of development and/or laboratory testing experience with automotive camera systems.
• Experience with GPUs, FPGAs, ASICs, FPAs, ISPs, and lenses.
• Knowledge of machine learning, computer vision, image de-warping, and image stitching.
• Working knowledge of MATLAB, Python, and C++.
• Knowledge of image processing, camera hardware, lens design, and associated design functions.
• Understanding of engineering theory and operating principles for computer and electrical mechanisms.
• High analytical ability for unusual and complex problems, demonstrated technical and professional skills, and the ability to exercise independent judgment.
• Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and independent-working skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD degree in Engineering.
• 5+ years of development and/or testing experience with automotive camera systems.
• Experience developing ADAS and autonomous vehicle camera components and systems.
• Experience with automotive safety-critical electronics.

Culture & Benefits

• Focus on inclusion, belonging, equity, and meaningful change through automotive technology.
• Benefits support employee well-being at work and at home from the first day.
• Employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis in accordance with applicable U.S. laws.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.

Hiring process

• Role-related assessments and/or pre-employment screening may be required where applicable.