Job Title: Systems Engineer
Location: Sunnyvale, CA (5 days onsite)
Duration: 06+ Months with potential to extend
Pay Range: $50/60/Hr on W2 (DOE)
Details:
We're looking for a hands-on contractor who can move fluidly between hardware and software work to support a growing portfolio of multi-site human data collection studies.
You'll be the technical glue that helps studies launch, run smoothly across sites, and incorporate new capture hardware as it comes online.
Key Responsibilities
- 2-3 years of hardware and software experience
- Provide remote and in-person technical support to data collection sites - debugging capture rigs, network issues, and pipeline failures.
- Help bring up new studies: configure capture systems, set up protocols, validate end-to-end data flow, and train moderators.
- Test new hardware and qualify it for production use.
- Design, prototype, and build custom capture systems and supporting hardware (including PCBs).
- Write and maintain scripts and small tools that automate common moderator and operations workflows.
Required Skills
- Strong Python and general software development skills.
- PCB design experience (schematic capture and layout).
- Comfortable working independently across hardware and software domains.
- Strong debugging instincts and willingness to travel between sites as needed.
- Proficiency in Bash scripting and Linux command-line tools.
Preferred
- Working knowledge of camera systems (image sensors, lenses, calibration, sync).