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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sensor Hardware Engineer - **Company:** HUMBLE ROBOTICS COMPANY - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Systems Analysis, Python (Programming Language), Scripting, Build Management, AngularJS, Lidar, GNSS - **Published:** September 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/cc10fbb6-ad2e-4a51-82da-c5a6db0ca414/sensor-hardware-engineer-camera-lidar-radar ## About the Role * BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related, and 3 or more years of hands-on sensor and engineering experience. * Test automation, scripting, and data analysis experience. * Field of view and coverage analysis experience, including geometric modeling of sensor placement on a vehicle or robot. * Experience with at least two of camera, lidar, radar, or INS/GNSS. * Strong grasp of the underlying physics: optics and photometry, lidar range equation and reflectivity, radar RCS and antenna patterns, inertial error models and GNSS/INS fusion behavior. * Proven cross-functional collaboration with autonomy, perception, software, and hardware teams. * Fluent in Python for test automation and data analysis. * Comfortable on a vehicle and in the shop * Experience writing test reports and procedures someone else can execute. Preferred Qualifications * Prior experience at an AV, robotaxi, autonomous trucking, or ADAS program at an OEM or Tier 1. * Commissioned sensor suites across multiple vehicle builds or program phases. * Took a sensor from evaluation through supplier qualification onto a production vehicle. * Heavy-duty truck or large articulated platform experience. * Working knowledge of, GMSL, Automotive Ethernet, CAN/CAN FD, and PTP. * Sensor modeling or simulation for placement trade studies. * Exposure to functional safety and SOTIF as applied to sensor performance and degradation. ## Description * Write and own sensor requirements. Make them testable, tie each one to an autonomy or safety need, and defend the rationale in cross-functional reviews. * Run field of view, coverage, and occlusion studies for a Class 8 tractor-trailer. Quantify blind zones, cross-modality overlap, and trailer articulation effects, and use that analysis to drive sensor placement decisions. * Characterize remote-sensing systems, including camera, lidar, radar, microphone, IMU, and GNSS: resolution, SNR, dynamic range, latency and jitter, point density, range and reflectivity, detection and false alarm rates, angular accuracy, bias and drift. * Own sensor commissioning and bring-up, including procedures, automation, qualification tests, diagnostics, and drive improvements for repeatability and throughput. * Design and build test setups and test benches. Experience with measurement tools, power supplies, t-slot rail, power distribution, and bracket design preferred. * Support testing, evaluation, federation, and continued operation of vehicles, sensors, and vehicle platforms. * Support data collection, automation, review, and analysis for bench and on-vehicle tests, for characterization, failure analysis, reliability estimation, systems analysis, and performance modeling. * Work directly with Autonomy and Software to turn perception needs into measurable sensor KPIs, and with Hardware on mounts, enclosures, harnessing, power, thermal, and networking. * Lead root cause analysis on sensor issues from bring-up, DV, and on-vehicle operation, and close the loop into specs and design changes. ## Related Videos - [How to develop an autonomous car end-to-end: Robotic Drive and the mobility revolution](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/22-how-to-develop-an-autonomous-car-end-to-end-robotic-drive-and-the-mobility-revolution) - [JavaScript? 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