Camera Software Engineer Consumer Devices

AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.

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San Francisco, United States
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About the Role

You will own low-level camera enablement from board bring-up through production capture. You will develop sensor drivers and camera software, validate capture and control paths, create repeatable debugging tools, diagnose hardware integration issues, and collaborate on stable camera interfaces and systems.

Requirements

  • Experience shipping embedded camera systems
  • C and C++ experience
  • Experience with embedded or Linux-based systems
  • Camera sensor bring-up, driver development, and board-level debugging experience
  • Knowledge of MIPI CSI and sensor control buses
  • Experience building reliable capture paths and debug workflows

Responsibilities

  • Bring up camera sensors and modules on prototype and production boards
  • Develop sensor drivers, board configuration, and camera subsystem integration
  • Enable and validate RAW, still, video encode, and streaming capture paths
  • Develop camera controls, manual overrides, locks, and deterministic presets
  • Build capture scripts, automated sweeps, manifests, and debugging utilities
  • Define interfaces and unblock camera-stack integration with engineering partners

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
  • 401(k) plan with employer match
  • Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
  • Flexible PTO or up to 15 days of annual PTO
  • Paid holidays, office closures, and sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily office meals and eligible meal-delivery credits
  • Relocation assistance
  • Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends