Senior Sensor Engineer - Autonomous Truck Perception

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Humble Robotics is building autonomous, zero-emissions haulers with a strong emphasis on sensor data quality and field performance. You will own the sensor stack from selection to on-vehicle validation, ensuring perception KPIs align with safety and autonomy needs.

You will collaborate with autonomy, software, and hardware teams to improve sensor performance, lead root-cause analyses, and drive repeatable testing and deployment across vehicle platforms.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 3+ years hands-on sensor and engineering experience.
• Experience with test automation and data analysis.
• Fluent in Python for automation and data analysis.
• Experience with field of view/coverage analysis on vehicle sensors.
• Experience across camera, lidar, radar, or INS/GNSS.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with autonomy, perception, software and hardware teams.

Responsibilities

• Write and own sensor requirements aligned to autonomy and safety needs.
• Run field of view, coverage, and occlusion studies for a Class 8 tractor-trailer.
• Characterize remote-sensing systems: camera, lidar, radar, microphone, IMU, and GNSS.
• Own sensor commissioning and bring-up including tests and diagnostics.
• Design and build test setups and benches with measurement tools and power hardware.
• Support testing, evaluation, federation, and operation of vehicles and sensors.
• Support data collection, automation, review, and analysis for tests and models.
• Collaborate with Autonomy, Software, and Hardware to translate perception needs into measurable KPIs.
• Lead root cause analysis on sensor issues and feed changes into design.

Skills

Test automation

Python for automation

Cross-functional collaboration

Field of view analysis

Sensor placement analysis

Scripting

Education

BS in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or Physics

Tools

GMSL

Automotive Ethernet

CAN/CAN FD

PTP

Job description

Humble Robotics is building autonomous, zero-emissions haulers with a strong emphasis on sensor data quality and field performance. You will own the sensor stack from selection to on-vehicle validation, ensuring perception KPIs align with safety and autonomy needs.

You will collaborate with autonomy, software, and hardware teams to improve sensor performance, lead root-cause analyses, and drive repeatable testing and deployment across vehicle platforms.