Senior Perceptual Calibration Engineer for AR Wearables

Rivet Industries; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Unlimited PTO

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Rivet is seeking a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to own perceptual calibration for our AR wearables and devices running Android and embedded Linux. You will calibrate cameras, IMUs, and XR displays to ensure accurate tracking and comfortable rendering across production lines.

This role spans calibration algorithms, calibration station design, data capture conditions, and factory deployment, taking calibration from the lab bench to factory production lines.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience shipping camera, IMU, or display calibration into production devices.
• Ability to debug calibration failures across perception and optimization components.
• PhD + 3+ years or MS + 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with robot arms or motion stages for calibration data capture.
• Strong background in multi-view geometry, camera and IMU sensor models, coordinate frames, nonlinear optimization.
• Proficient in C++ or Rust for performance and Python for analysis.

Responsibilities

• Build computer vision and signal processing algorithms to calibrate cameras, IMUs, and XR displays.
• Develop perceptual calibration processes and station design for wearables and devices.
• Deploy data capture processes and calibration binaries to factory sites with contract manufacturers.
• Set factory calibration limits using GR&R studies and DOE; establish runbooks.
• Reduce calibration cycle time via profiling and hardware/pipeline improvements.
• Develop tooling and debugging workflows for end-to-end validation of calibration.
• Collaborate with hardware, mechanical, optical, electrical, robotics, and manufacturing teams to define requirements and tolerances.

Skills

Camera calibration

IMU calibration

C++

Rust

Python

Android

Embedded Linux

Multi-view geometry

Optimization

Robot arms

Education

PhD in related field

MS in related field

Tools

Android development toolchain

Embedded Linux tooling

Calibration tooling

Job description

Rivet is seeking a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to own perceptual calibration for our AR wearables and devices running Android and embedded Linux. You will calibrate cameras, IMUs, and XR displays to ensure accurate tracking and comfortable rendering across production lines.

This role spans calibration algorithms, calibration station design, data capture conditions, and factory deployment, taking calibration from the lab bench to factory production lines.