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Lead Sensor Engineer

Palo Alto, CA ยท On-site

$300K - $400K/yr

Lead Sensors Engineer / Sensor Architect You'll own sensor architecture and sensing system development for a breakthrough stealth-stage neurotechnology and brain-computer interface (BCI) startup ...

Biomedical Sensor Architect

Cupertino, CA ยท On-site

$184K - $324K/yr

You will be responsible for the optical design of the sensor via simulations and prototype-based assessments, user studies and analysis of sensor performance. The role also requires strong data ...

Biomedical Sensor Architect

Cupertino, CA ยท On-site

$184K - $324K/yr

You will be responsible for the optical design of the sensor via simulations and prototype-based assessments, user studies and analysis of sensor performance. The role also requires strong data ...

You will be responsible for the optical design of the sensor via simulations and prototype-based assessments, user studies and analysis of sensor performance. The role also requires strong data ...

Senior Sensor Hardware Safety Engineer

Santa Clara, CA ยท Hybrid

$129K - $173K/yr

You will collaborate across sensor architecture, board hardware, software, systems, validation, and supplier teams. Together, you will evaluate sensor safety concepts and ensure robust integration ...

Senior Sensor Hardware Safety Engineer

Santa Clara, CA ยท Hybrid

$129K - $173K/yr

You will collaborate across sensor architecture, board hardware, software, systems, validation, and supplier teams. Together, you will evaluate sensor safety concepts and ensure robust integration ...

Sensor Hardware Engineer

Mountain View, CA ยท On-site

$145K - $192K/yr

This role will focus on optimizing the perception sensor architecture and data pipeline via test, analysis, and cooperation with suppliers. In This Role You Will: * Collaborate with external partners ...

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Senior Staff Hardware Engineer, Sensor Architecture

Palo Alto, CA โ€ข Hybrid

$129K - $173K/yr

Full-time

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About the Role:
Wing is looking for a Senior Staff Sensor Architect to join our Hardware Engineering Team. This role is Hybrid based in Palo Alto, CA.ย 

As a Senior Staff Sensor Architect, you will be a pivotal technical leader within our Hardware Engineering organization. This is a highly critical role partnering with the overall hardware team and perception team on the development and design of our future-generation delivery aircraft. Because sensors are the eyes and ears of our autonomous fleet, the decisions you make will define the efficiency, quality, performance, and scalability of Wing's future systems.

You will act as the central authority leading our sensors roadmap, sensor architecture, driving the vision from early concept through mass production. Candidates should have a breadth of experience across sensors from visual, radar, acoustic, optical, and other sensors to make aย  highย  impact on our future aircraft designs.

What You'll Do:

  • Lead the end-to-end architectural definition and technical roadmap for Wing's sensor systems across both aircraft and ground operations.
  • Lead cross-functional trade studies across hardware, software, and manufacturing teams, translating ambiguous product goals into rigorous system-level requirements.
  • Evaluate, select, and integrate sensor components by navigating extreme SWaP-C (Size, Weight, Power, and Cost) constraints.ย 
  • Develop comprehensive mathematical performance models, error budgets, and link budgets to guide hardware board design and software algorithm development.
  • Architect characterization, calibration, and validation protocols to guarantee robust sensor performance across highly diverse and punishing environmental conditions.
  • Collaborate intimately with manufacturing and contract partners to design scalable, automated calibration and high-volume QA test systems.
  • Identify, prototype, and champion emerging sensor technologies to keep Wing at the bleeding edge of autonomous flight.
  • Manage deep technical relationships and drive customized component designs with external sensor partners, Tier 1 suppliers, and foundries.

What You'll Need:

  • 15+ years of deeply technical experience in sensor architecture, hardware systems engineering, or complex sensor integration.
  • A track record of taking complex hardware or sensor subsystems from early R&D through high-volume commercial manufacturing.
  • Experience in RF technologies, such as UWB, LTE, wifi, ads-b.
  • Mastery in at least two sensor modalities critical to autonomous navigation (e.g., vision/cameras, LiDAR, radar, IMUs, GNSS/GPS, or barometers).
  • Proven ability to build mathematical performance models and define error budgets for complex sensor data pipelines.
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mechatronics, or a directly related field (or equivalent practical experience).