Camera System Architect - PICO Lab VST - San Jose

About team: The VST/camera team focuses on finding low power, high image quality solutions for AR/VR camera systems, including developing CMOS sensors, novel optical/imaging sensors, ultra-compact camera module technologies, camera lens design, and algorithms. The team is vertically integrating HW/SW for system optimization, shaping the AI experience for the future. Responsibilities - Define and own the system architecture of end-to-end camera solutions, spanning optics, image sensors, compute platforms, mechanics, algorithms, and software. - Drive hardware–software co-design to optimize system-level performance, power, cost, and scalability. - Lead system-level imaging and perception performance definition, evaluation, and optimization across hardware and AI-based processing. - Design and integrate computer vision and AI algorithms into production camera systems. - Evaluate and integrate emerging imaging and AI technologies to maintain product competitiveness.