Scope :

- The Hardware-Software Bridge : You own the software architecture and board bring-up. You will talk with the operations team to understand workflows and design the software to simplify and speed up the data collection.

- Camera & Vision Pipelines : Moving high-bandwidth data without dropping frames. You will need to write V4L2 drivers, manage MIPI CSI-2 interfaces, video synchronisation and handle writing the data safely without dropping frames.

- Custom sensor firmware : Vision is not the only frontier. You will need to write firmware for custom sensors, and interface them with the main processor.

- System Architecture : You are designing for V1 to ship tomorrow, but are architecting the system boundaries so V2 doesn't require a total rewrite. Memory bottlenecks, DMA, thermal throttling are under your purview.

- Engineering Culture : Set the standard. You will work side-by-side with hardware engineers on component selection and schematic reviews. You will build the foundation of how our embedded team operates.

Ideal Profile :

- The Pragmatic Builder : You care more about getting reliable data today than building the perfect architecture for five years from now. You know when to duct-tape a dev board together to prove a concept and when to design a custom PCB to ensure reliability.

- Hardware-Software Bilingual : You don't throw problems over the fence. If the software is acting up, you are comfortable probing the I2C lines or checking the power rails to prove whether it's a firmware bug or a hardware ghost.

- Egoless Engineering : You are happy to use a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solution if it saves the company three months of runway. You don't suffer from "Not Invented Here" syndrome.

- Systems Thinker : You understand the ripple effects of your code across the entire system and how it can constrain operations and the utility of the system.