Senior Software Camera Tools Engineer

Imagine being part of a team that’s redefining the future of mobility—where your ideas don’t just sit in a lab but power next-generation technology. At indie, we are developing cutting-edge semiconductors, photonics, and radar sensors and systems for automotive, industrial, and adjacent markets. Our innovations are at the heart of advanced intelligent sensing and user experience applications, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

If you're passionate about groundbreaking technology and want to make a real impact alongside a fast-paced team that thrives on creativity and collaboration, we’d love to have you on board!

The Senior Software Camera Tools Engineer will be a part of indie’s Vision Business Unit and assist the Image Signal Processing (ISP) team, Image Quality (IQ) team, and camera host tools and firmware projects as required. Close collaboration with the imaging algorithms, firmware, and image quality teams is a key part of this role.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain a suite of software host tools with graphical user interfaces to support indie’s camera calibration, tuning, lab automation, simulators, on-screen displays, demo systems, and other video processing chip features
• Drive new ideas and implement solutions for indie’s next-generation host tools
• Support improvements in the current suite of camera host tools for indie’s family of camera video processor solutions
• Improve automation workflows to speed up the camera bring-up process flow and migrate existing systems to new environments
• Develop new infrastructure for testing, validation, and troubleshooting ISP hardware and firmware subsystems
• Work closely with Image Processing, Image Quality, Firmware, and Hardware teams to enable them with new tool capabilities to aid camera systems development
• Gather requirements from cross-platform teams or customers to better understand the use cases for the tool and efficiently scope the tool’s functionality
• Serve as a host tools lead and resident expert on tools and automation systems
• Mentor colleagues on designing GUI tools and software design patterns, and help them grow in their careers
• Write training materials and documentation for indie’s engineers and customers

Requirements

With us, you must love being part of an organization where everyone makes a difference and contributes to the company’s success. Creativity, Ownership, and Excellence are what we value.

These are the skills and know-how an ideal candidate would bring. We understand that nobody is perfect! After all, your new job should challenge you, and you should have the possibilities to grow.

• Minimum education + professional experience as follows: Bachelor’s + 6 years; or Master’s + 4 years or equivalent; in computer science, electrical and/or electronics engineering, or a related field
• Strong professional experience developing desktop applications in C++ and good design architecture knowledge using software design patterns
• Experience with Qt or other GUI frameworks to develop desktop graphical user interfaces
• Hands-on experience developing software that communicates with hardware devices, embedded systems, or firmware

Plus

• Solid skills in writing C code to interface with camera hardware and control board-level firmware operations
• Experience writing scripts in Python and MATLAB (good to have) to run automation tasks
• Experience with hardware-host communication protocols such as UART, I2C, SPI, USB, Ethernet/TCP/IP, or similar interfaces
• Solid prior experience mentoring fellow engineers and helping team members solve technical challenges
• Prior experience working with camera systems, boards, and related hardware is a plus

indie Semiconductor and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

Concerning agencies: indie Semiconductor does not accept unsolicited resumes and will not be responsible for fees related to such.