Senior Software Camera Tools Engineer
About The Position
Imagine being part of a team that’s redefining the future of mobility—where your ideas don’t just sit in a lab but power next-generation technology. At indie, we are developing cutting-edge semiconductors, photonics, and radar sensors and systems for automotive, industrial, and adjacent markets. Our innovations are at the heart of advanced intelligent sensing and user experience applications, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. If you're passionate about groundbreaking technology and want to make a real impact alongside a fast-paced team that thrives on creativity and collaboration, we’d love to have you on board! The Senior Software Camera Tools Engineer will be a part of indie’s Vision Business Unit and assist the Image Signal Processing (ISP) team, Image Quality (IQ) team, and camera host tools and firmware projects as required. Close collaboration with the imaging algorithms, firmware, and image quality teams is a key part of this role.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s + 6 years; or Master’s + 4 years or equivalent; in computer science, electrical and/or electronics engineering, or a related field
- Strong professional experience developing desktop applications in C++ and good design architecture knowledge using software design patterns
- Experience with Qt or other GUI frameworks to develop desktop graphical user interfaces
- Hands-on experience developing software that communicates with hardware devices, embedded systems, or firmware
- Solid skills in writing C code to interface with camera hardware and control board-level firmware operations
- Experience with hardware-host communication protocols such as UART, I2C, SPI, USB, Ethernet/TCP/IP, or similar interfaces
Nice To Haves
- Experience writing scripts in Python and MATLAB (good to have)
- Solid prior experience mentoring fellow engineers and helping team members solve technical challenges
- Prior experience working with camera systems, boards, and related hardware is a plus
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain a suite of software host tools with graphical user interfaces to support indie’s camera calibration, tuning, lab automation, simulators, on-screen displays, demo systems, and other video processing chip features
- Drive new ideas and implement solutions for indie’s next-generation host tools
- Support improvements in the current suite of camera host tools for indie’s family of camera video processor solutions
- Improve automation workflows to speed up the camera bring-up process flow and migrate existing systems to new environments
- Develop new infrastructure for testing, validation, and troubleshooting ISP hardware and firmware subsystems
- Work closely with Image Processing, Image Quality, Firmware, and Hardware teams to enable them with new tool capabilities to aid camera systems development
- Gather requirements from cross-platform teams or customers to better understand the use cases for the tool and efficiently scope the tool’s functionality
- Serve as a host tools lead and resident expert on tools and automation systems
- Mentor colleagues on designing GUI tools and software design patterns, and help them grow in their careers
- Write training materials and documentation for indie’s engineers and customers
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
