Sensor Hardware Engineer, Motion Sensing

Staff Sensor Hardware Engineer, Motion Sensing

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The Sensing Hardware Team is seeking a hardware engineer specializing in motion sensing with 3+ years of industry experience. The role will primarily focus on developing motion sensing technologies for FSD (full‑self‑driving), vehicle control, and safety features. As a Sensor Hardware Engineer, you will be responsible for the overall performance of the sensing system and its features at any point in the product life cycle;

serve as the owner of a given sensing system to address any issues discovered from development through deployment; understand and debug hardware and software interactions from prototyping through product launch; and manage priorities and support a host of projects simultaneously.

• Specification generation: distill sensor product requirements into constraints and actionable engineering systems design discussions.
• Collaboration:
  
  lead cross‑functional sensor design discussions with electrical, software, supply chain, manufacturing, thermal, mechanical and service teams.
• Architecture definition: translate sensor design discussions into architecture and design documents in the form of system block diagrams, functional and performance requirements; define hardware and software interfaces.
• Schematic & PCB Layout: collaborate with board designers to review schematics and guide layout from motion‑sensing perspective and perform bring‑up and validations.
• BOM definition: work with the supply chain team to ensure components will meet performance, cost & manufacturing requirements.
• Prototyping: support early sensor prototype development to de‑risk new technologies.
• Hardware Validation: generate/execute bench‑level motion sensing validation plans; work with other electrical engineers to validate the electrical and EMC performance; work with reliability team to qualify the performance over various lifetime conditions.
• Production: work with manufacturing team and test team to define manufacturing process and test coverage to achieve high‑volume mass production with high yield.
• Feature Validation: define feature readiness milestones and qualification criteria; develop data collection and analysis pipeline at all stages of the project.
• Service & Improvement: work with software team and service team to monitor the feature and sensing performance, develop the triage and failure analysis workflow and investigate improvement opportunities from all aspects.

• Deep understanding of motion sensing in terms of sensor physics, feature development and integration challenges.
• Fundamental knowledge of sensor physics, circuit design, analog analysis and statistics.
• Hands‑on experience in system‑level design, architecture, characterization and validation.
• Proven cross‑functional collaboration and leadership skills; be able to present risk/performance analysis and recommendations to cross‑functional teams including execs.
• Serve as the central point‑of‑contact of a given sensing system for any issues during development or deployment; understand and highlight impacts of hardware, software, or process changes; understand and debug hardware and software interactions during design, launch, and deployment.
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB; experience in physical simulation tools (e.g., ANSYS) and circuit simulation tools (e.g., SPICE) will be a plus.
• Proficiency in data visualization and statistical analysis, excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience in high‑volume mass production and experience in working with suppliers and contract manufacturers.

Compensation and Benefits

• Medical plans: plan options with $0 payroll deduction.
• Family‑building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits.
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution.
• Company paid Health Savings Accounts (HSA) contribution when enrolled in the high‑deductible medical plan with HSA.
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other…