About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Image Quality Architecture engineer to join our team. In the day to day, you will act as the technical founding member. Responsible for the end-to-end imaging strategy, lab infrastructure, and primary ownership of lens/sensor selection, ensuring peak performance in both static and high-vibration environments. We have a tremendous amount of telemetry and access to customers that help guide our design process. You will work directly with our customers to ensure we lead the industry in our product design. We run a collaborative process working closely with Product Management, EE, PD, FW, EPM, NPI, and Hardware leadership to make excellent tradeoffs and choices. Throughout this process, you’ll share your expertise with other engineers. The US and Taiwan IQ teams are supported by the Supply Chain team, laboratories, JDM design resources, and a growing supply base. You will work closely with these internal and external partners to achieve our objectives.

This role is based in our Taipei office, and it is a hybrid position required to office as needed.  This position requires travel up to 25% of the time and proximity to an international airport.  Relocation will not be provided  

In this role, you will:

• Be an architect: Evaluate system feature tradeoffs and create the system IQ specifications for development with product management and cross-functional engineering teams. 
• Design and procure the IQ Lab (Charts, Light Booths, LED Flicker targets).
• Define the optical requirements and lead the selection/qualification of lenses.
• Develop the "Golden Tuning" targets for the ISP (Auto Exposure, HDR, Color Science) including Day and Night mode. Define and tune stabilization strategies (EIS) to mitigate "jello effect" and motion blur in dynamic scenarios.
• Collaborate with Hardware Engineering (PD and Optical) to ensure CRA (Chief Ray Angle) matching between lens and sensor and preventing optical degradation during high-G events.
• Manage: We bolster our internal development team with top JDM companies to design, validate, certify and manufacture quality products, certification labs and other external consultants. 
• Champion and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• • 10+ years in Imaging/Optics; deep knowledge of CMOS sensors and ISP tuning (Sony, ON Semi, or Ambarella).
  • Vibration & Motion Expertise: Proven experience in managing image stabilization (EIS OR OIS) and characterizing optical performance in high-vibration/high-shock environments.
  • Must have shipped automotive or high-end imaging products from "bring-up" to mass production.
  • Proven record navigating tradeoffs between design, manufacturability, schedule, and cost.
  • BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% when necessary.
  • Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive independent work.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Image Quality Tuning engineer to join our team. In the day to day, you will optimize the ISP pipeline for both road and cabin views through a data-driven approach, ensuring image stability and clarity in high-motion and high-vibration environments. You don't just find the bugs; you write the scripts to identify them and then modify the ISP parameters to fix them. We have a tremendous amount of telemetry and access to customers that help guide our design process. You will work directly with our customers to ensure we lead the industry in our product design. We run a collaborative process working closely with Product Management, EE, PD, FW, EPM, NPI, and Hardware leadership to make excellent tradeoffs and choices. Throughout this process, you’ll share your expertise with other engineers. The US and Taiwan IQ teams are supported by the Supply Chain team, laboratories, JDM design resources, and a growing supply base. You will work closely with these internal and external partners to achieve our objectives.

This role is based in our Taipei office, and it is a hybrid position required to office as needed.  This position requires travel up to 25% of the time and proximity to an international airport.  Relocation will not be provided  

In this role, you will:

• ISP Tuning & Optimization: Assist the Lead Architect in tuning key ISP blocks (Auto Exposure, Noise Reduction, Sharpening, and Color Mapping) for both RGB and RGBIR sensors. Optimize Auto-Exposure (AE) weighting and shutter-speed priorities to minimize motion blur and "jello effect" during vehicle vibration.
• Stabilization & EIS Tuning: Actively tune Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) and gyro-sensor integration to maintain video fluidity and frame-to-frame consistency under various road surface conditions.
• Automation Development: Develop Python/MATLAB scripts to extract objective metrics (MTF, SNR, Dynamic Range) from massive field-drive datasets.
• Tuning Toolchain Management: Build and maintain internal tools to visualize ISP parameter changes, ensuring that tuning "drops" are documented and version-controlled. Include visualization for stabilization performance and motion-vector consistency to ensure tuning "drops" are documented.
• Regression Analysis (Dynamic & Static): Own the "Version-to-Version" IQ database. Ensure that fixing a DMS issue doesn't accidentally degrade stabilization or license plate clarity during high-speed driving.
• Report Generation: Automate IQ report generation. Include "Vibration Robustness" scores in the summaries to provide the Lead Architect with a complete picture of performance in real-world driving.
• Manage: We bolster our internal development team with top JDM companies to design, validate, certify and manufacture quality products, certification labs and other external consultants. 
• Champion and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• • 6+ years in Image Quality or ISP Tuning; comfortable with at least one major SoC tuning tool (e.g., Ambarella, Novatek, Sony, or Qualcomm).
  • Motion & Stability Expertise: Hands-on experience tuning AE for motion-blur mitigation or EIS for video stabilization.
  • Strong Programming: Proficiency in Python (OpenCV, NumPy) for image processing; specifically for temporal analysis and frame-to-frame metric extraction.
  • CRA & Hardware Awareness: Understanding of how lens/sensor interactions and mechanical tolerances (lens-tilt/vibration) affect the tuning limits.
  • Must have shipped automotive or high-end imaging products from "bring-up" to mass production.
  • Proven record navigating tradeoffs between design, manufacturability, schedule, and cost.
  • BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% when necessary.
  • Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive independent work.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills in English.