Camera Control Systems Calibration Engineer
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with mechatronic system control design.
- 2 years of experience programming in Python.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with advanced actuator driving and sensing technologies.
- Experience with camera contract manufacturers and in vendor management.
- Experience with real-time control implementations on embedded hardware (e.g., MCUs, FPGAs).
- Proficiency in C/C++ and Python software development, including familiarity with Git/version control systems, peer code reviews, and structured software development lifecycle processes.
About the job
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $132000 - $189000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Design and analyze camera actuator's control systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define relevant figures of merits and to assess their user impact for both production and new technology cameras. Evaluate the correlation between Fast Outcome Metrics (FOMs) and user impact. Propose meaningful specification limits, taking into account assembly tolerance and metrology limitations.
- Collaborate with the vendors to understand their current capabilities and drive them for improvement; to ensure correct implementation of tests and calibrations; to thoroughly examine the factory data and identify anomalies.
- Conduct lab validation and troubleshooting, accurately and rigorously characterizing the actuator hardware performance quantitatively and qualitatively. Develop new test equipment and algorithms.
- Develop automated frameworks for measurement and data analysis using Python and C++ to enhance calibration and validation efficiency.
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