Senior Camera Systems Engineer - Perception & Autonomy Architect

Blue River Technology; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship possible

In-office 3 days/week in Santa Clara

Job summary

Blue River Technology seeks a Senior Camera Systems Engineer to deliver the imaging foundation for automation and autonomy in John Deere machinery. You will research image sensors, develop ISP pipelines, and shepherd camera deployments through bring-up, validation, and production for harsh environments.

You will engineer camera architectures that scale across programs, enable computer vision, ML, and perception, and lead cross-disciplinary teams while driving sensor tuning and calibration

Qualifications

• M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Vision, or a related field.
• 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 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.

Skills

Camera systems engineering

C++

CUDA

NVIDIA Jetson/Drive

TensorRT

Sensor tuning

Calibration

ISP development

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering/Optical Engineering/Computer Vision

Tools

OpenCV

VPI

NVIDIA platforms (Jetson/Drive)

Zemax/Code V (optical design)

Job description

Blue River Technology seeks a Senior Camera Systems Engineer to deliver the imaging foundation for automation and autonomy in John Deere machinery. You will research image sensors, develop ISP pipelines, and shepherd camera deployments through bring-up, validation, and production for harsh environments.

You will engineer camera architectures that scale across programs, enable computer vision, ML, and perception, and lead cross-disciplinary teams while driving sensor tuning and calibration