Hardware-Software Systems Engineer
Job Description
Onsite required; cross-site travel expected.
Required Skills
- 2-3 years of hardware and software experience
- 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 Skills
- Working knowledge of camera systems (image sensors, lenses, calibration, sync)
Key Responsibilities
- 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.
Details
We are looking for a hands-on Systems Engineer 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.
Benefits
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Contact Information
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Positions Located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California
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E-Verify Agreement
Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify).