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Camera Hardware Engineer, Robot Head

1X Technologies · San Carlos, CA

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Roboticsonsitemid-level$176k–$225k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own camera validation for NEO humanoid from prototype bring-up to mass production.
  • Define image quality standards powering perception, navigation, and manipulation.
  • Deliver robust vision systems for millions of hours in real homes.

What they offer

  • Equity
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Commuter transit and parking benefits
  • Onsite snacks and catered lunches

Ideal candidate

A builder with 3+ years in imaging who owns complex hardware end-to-end and thrives cross-functionally. You love rigorous lab work and debugging, and want to ship vision systems that let home humanoids reliably perceive the real world.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline
  • 3+ years experience developing, validating, or characterizing camera and imaging systems
  • Deep understanding of image sensors, optics, lenses, ISPs, and imaging pipelines
  • Working knowledge of electrical and mechanical integration of camera modules
  • Experience programming with Python and C/C++
  • Proficiency working in Linux environments
  • Experience with Imatest, Image Engineering, MATLAB, or equivalent
  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work full-time onsite in San Carlos, CA
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Lab profile

About 1X Technologies

Building safe humanoid robots for home chores backed by embodied AI research.

What they build

  • Humanoid robots for home use
  • Foundation models for embodied intelligence

Known for

  • Safe humanoid hardware design
  • Embodied AI and robot learning
  • World model pretraining
  • Physics simulation and dynamics

Key facts

  • Founded in 2014
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