Senior Camera Systems Engineer — Autonomous Vision Platform

Blue River Technology

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 174,000 - 261,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Blue River Technology in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a senior Camera Systems Engineer to deliver the imaging foundation for autonomous machinery. You will research and characterize image sensors, develop and optimize image signal‑processing pipelines, and shepherd camera deployments through bring‑up, validation, and production for hardware operating in harsh environments.

You will engineer camera solutions that serve the needs of a broad fleet of autonomy efforts, enabling computer vision,

Qualifications

M.Sc. in Electrical/Optical Engineering or Computer Vision.
7+ years in camera systems engineering for perception or autonomous systems.
End‑to‑end camera development from requirements through manufacturing and production.
Expert‑level ISP development, sensor tuning, and calibration.
C++ and CUDA programming for performance‑critical image processing.
Experience with NVIDIA platforms (Jetson, Drive), including TensorRT.
Camera characterization using industry‑standard methodologies.
Camera manufacturing expertise: active alignment, calibration procedures, end‑of‑line test.
Understanding of agentic AI best practices and autonomous decision‑making frameworks.
Excellent cross-functional collaboration and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Drive system‑level specifications for camera systems from perception prototypes to production.
Select and evaluate camera components (sensors, lenses) and manage requirements.
Validate camera module manufacturing decisions, including active alignment, calibration, and end‑of‑line testing.
Lead camera bring‑up, sensor tuning, and characterization for perception systems.
Design and optimize ISP pipelines for machine vision on NVIDIA embedded platforms.
Develop image‑processing algorithms in C++ and CUDA for real‑time performance.
Evaluating using image‑quality metrics and correlating them with downstream perception performance.
Cross‑collaboration to facilitate camera perception architectures for autonomy.
Provide technical leadership across multi‑disciplinary engineering teams.