Freelance Sensor Diagnostics Engineer - Benchmark & Root-Cause

Hashlist; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Hashlist is seeking a hands-on engineer to build a benchmark environment around a real sensor product (radar, camera, IMU, ultrasonic or similar). You will assemble data, datasheets, mounting and calibration specs, and both good and faulty recordings.

Choose and use the required tools—CLI, compiler, QEMU or a simulator, Python, PDF tools—and design tasks that require solving via code, data, and datasheets. This is a freelance, hybrid role with hourly compensation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineering experience with a real sensor product (radar, camera, IMU, ultrasonic or similar).
• Experience reading sensor/SoC datasheets, mounting and calibration specs.

Responsibilities

• Build a benchmark environment around a real sensor product.
• Create tasks tied to real faults and root-cause analysis across code, data and datasheets.
• Provide correct answer, scoring script, and plausible naive answer.
• Run models to validate low scoring against your answer.

Skills

Sensor hardware knowledge

Signal processing

Python scripting

QEMU/simulator usage

Command line proficiency

Firmware reading

Data sheet parsing

Root cause analysis

Tools

Python

QEMU

Compilers

CLI tools

PDF tooling

Job description

Hashlist is seeking a hands-on engineer to build a benchmark environment around a real sensor product (radar, camera, IMU, ultrasonic or similar). You will assemble data, datasheets, mounting and calibration specs, and both good and faulty recordings.

Choose and use the required tools—CLI, compiler, QEMU or a simulator, Python, PDF tools—and design tasks that require solving via code, data, and datasheets. This is a freelance, hybrid role with hourly compensation.