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At Oculi, we are a start-up pushing AI sensing to the edge and have developed the World’s First Smart Programmable Vision Sensor™. Breakthroughs are achieved by moving smarts to the pixel – the Oculi IntelliPixel©. This enables vastly more efficient and adaptable AI than possible with today’s conventional image sensor architectures. These results confirm the promise of the technology to bring breakthroughs in energy efficiency and performance to AI tasks including perception and control from the edge.

We are looking for individuals who bring an excitement for new technology with a deep and wide background for solving the challenges of implementing new technologies.

The Chip Architect will lead the definition of the next-generation IntelliPixel SPU Vision Sensor. This role converts  system requirements into silicon implementation, and requires a strong background in mixed-signal integration for vision interfaces within ultra-low low-power constraints. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who drives detailed technical specifications, conducts performance trade-off analyses, and serves as the primary architectural liaison across engineering.

This role is available as remote or onsite.

About the Role

As a Staff Vision Sensor Analog/Mixed Signal Design Engineer, your primary responsibilities include leading all aspects of analog mixed signal design.

  • Lead power analysis for architectural trade-offs. Develop models for sensor performance (uW/framerate) and drive decisions to optimize the sensor power and area.
  • Translate use case requirements into specific architectural specifications.
  • Develop detailed chip specification documentation, such as architecture, block diagrams, and timing diagrams.
  • Define and drive the top-level sensor architecture including on-chip NPU’s.
  • Ensure firmware is easily programmable and meets real-time constraints.
  • Provide detailed specifications and strategies to block team members.
  • Drive ultra-low-power design methodologies and architectural choices to achieve ultra-low battery-powered specifications.
  • Rapidly learn new design skills and computing concepts due to the novel flexibility of Oculi’s AI at the edge. A passion for innovation and a strong eagerness to learn are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Relevant experience can be gained through coursework, classes, project work, internships, and/or military service. Additional preferred qualifications are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

  • BS EE with 12+ or MS EE with 10+ years of experience.
  • Deep background in mixed signal design for sensors.
  • Leading multiple successful product tape-outs.
  • Significant experience in designing for ultra-low power use cases.
  • Significant experience in design and optimizing NPUs.
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills. 
  • Understanding of CMOS image sensor functions and operation (Global Shutter, Ambient Light Sensing, High Dynamic Range, etc.).
  • Experience with Cadence and Synopsis design tools.

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

The base salary range for this position is $125,000 – $186,000 a year. The base salary ultimately offered is determined through a review of education, experience, training, skills, qualifications, and location. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, equity and a full range of medical and other benefits.

Working Model

This role is available as a remote role and generally would require travel to Oculi sites occasionally, based on business need. In certain circumstances, the work model may change to accommodate business needs.

If you find this job stimulating send your CV in PDF format to careers@oculi.ai. Please include the Job Title in the email subject.

At Oculi, we are a start-up pushing AI sensing to the edge and have developed the World’s First Smart Programmable Vision Sensor™. Hardware gains are achieved by moving smarts to the pixel – the Oculi IntelliPixel©. This enables vastly more efficient and adaptable AI than possible with today’s conventional image sensor architectures. These results confirm the promise of the technology to bring breakthroughs in energy efficiency and performance to AI tasks including perception and control from the edge.

We are looking for individuals who bring an excitement for new technology with a deep and wide background for solving the challenges of implementing new technologies.

This role is available as remote or onsite.

About the Role

As a Staff Vision Sensor Digital Design Engineer, your primary responsibilities include leading all aspects of both front-end and back-end digital design.

  • Define the microarchitecture and implement designs for Oculi’s next-generation AI at the edge vision sensor, working with internal teams and external partners.
  • Collaborate with a small, elite team of engineers who contribute across all levels of silicon engineering and AI software, and who are pioneering AI at the edge.
  • Work with an interdisciplinary team of designers, architects, AI framework developers, application engineers, and algorithms researchers to advance Oculi’s AI at the edge technology from the lab to a wide range of commercial products.
  • Rapidly learn new design skills and computing concepts due to the novel flexibility of Oculi’s AI at the edge. A passion for innovation and a strong eagerness to learn are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Relevant experience can be gained through coursework, classes, project work, internships, and/or military service. Additional preferred qualifications are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience in image sensor logic design, or Master’s Degree with 6+ years of experience in Computer Science or other STEM-related field.

  • 6+ years of experience in front-end design (Specification, RTL, verification, synthesis, etc).
  • 6+ years of experience in back-end design (PnR physical verification, sign-off, etc).
  • Multiple successful product tape-outs.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Significant experience in designing for ultra-low power use cases.
  • Deep experience in image sensor logic block design.
  • Understanding of CMOS image sensor functions and operation (Global Shutter, Ambient Light Sensing, High Dynamic Range, etc.).
  • Experience in image signal processing methodologies (edge detection, defect correction, color correction, shape detection, etc.).
  • Experience with AI hardware design, deep learning, and AI workload compute dataflow.
  • Experience with Cadence and Synopsis design tools.
  • Experience with software programming in C/C++ or Python.

Why should you apply to Oculi

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

The base salary range for this position is $125,000 – $186,000 a year. The base salary ultimately offered is determined through a review of education, experience, training, skills, qualifications, and location. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, equity and a full range of medical and other benefits.

Working Model

This role is available as a remote role and generally would require travel to Oculi sites occasionally, based on business need. In certain circumstances the work model may change to accommodate business needs.  

If you find this job stimulating send your CV in PDF format to careers@oculi.ai. Please include the Job Title in the email subject.

At Oculi, we are a start-up pushing AI sensing to the edge and have developed the World’s First Smart Programmable Vision Sensor™. Hardware gains are achieved by moving smarts to the pixel – the Oculi IntelliPixel©. This enables vastly more efficient and adaptable AI than possible with today’s conventional image sensor architectures. These results confirm the promise of the technology to bring breakthroughs in energy efficiency and performance to AI tasks including perception and control from the edge.

We are looking for individuals who bring an excitement for new technology with a deep and wide background for solving the challenges of implementing new technologies.

This role is available as remote or onsite.

About the Role

As a Staff Vision Sensor Analog/Mixed Signal Design Engineer, your primary responsibilities include leading all aspects of analog mixed signal design.

  • Design and verify vision sensors ICs for ultra-low power AI sensing.
  • Develop circuit solutions, including architecture, design, simulation, verification, and layout planning.
  • Ownership of analog/mixed signal designs at block level.
  • Implement optimized circuit architectures to meet/exceed product specifications.
  • Design/Verify/Characterize low power blocks (e.g. Sigma Delta ADC, pixel array interface, power management, clock).
  • Floorplan and layout to meet post-extraction performance.
  • Document design and simulation to show results meets/exceeds specifications.
  • Generate behavior models and run verification simulations.
  • Work with validation for test plan and silicon bring up/characterization.
  • Rapidly learn new design skills and computing concepts due to the novel flexibility of Oculi’s AI at the edge. A passion for innovation and a strong eagerness to learn are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Relevant experience can be gained through coursework, classes, project work, internships, and/or military service. Additional preferred qualifications are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

  • BS EE with 6+ or MS EE with 4+ years of experience.
  • Expertise in analog, linear circuit, and low-power design.
  • Multiple successful product tape-outs.
  • Significant experience in designing for ultra-low power use cases.
  • Understanding of CMOS image sensor functions and operation (Global Shutter, Ambient Light Sensing, High Dynamic Range, etc.).
  • Experience with Cadence and Synopsis design tools.

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

The base salary range for this position is $125,000 – $186,000 a year. The base salary ultimately offered is determined through a review of education, experience, training, skills, qualifications, and location. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, equity and a full range of medical and other benefits.

Working Model

This role is available as a remote role and generally would require travel to Oculi sites occasionally, based on business need. In certain circumstances the work model may change to accommodate business needs.  

If you find this job stimulating send your CV in PDF format to  careers@oculi.ai. Please include the Job Title in the email subject.

Join a company where you can make a difference in solving real-world problems while learning and developing computer vision technologies. Oculi® is a deep-tech fabless semiconductor company that produces the OCULI SPU™, and we are revolutionizing Vision AI at the edge with Software-Defined Vision Sensors™ enhancing AI-driven applications with highspeed, low power, and high privacy. Join a team of experts in the field of artificial intelligence and play a critical role in delivering solutions that will enable smart sensing applications across IoT, Industrial monitoring, and mobile electronics

About the Role

You will work on a variety of tasks ranging from developing our breakthrough technology to designing and developing innovative imaging solutions that best solve clients’ problems across various industries.

You will implement new features, collect/analyze data, and come up with novel solutions to problems being faced across a variety of industries. This can involve writing embedded software, coding Verilog for an FPGA, coming up with and coding demos. You will learn and develop low level image processing operations through to a full blown perception stack with some machine learning thrown into the mix.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Relevant experience can be obtained through schoolwork, classes, project work, internships, and/or military experience. Additional preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other relevant fields.
  • Strong embedded coding skill and understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP).
  • Proficiency in C/C++, Python, VHDL/Verilog, or similar.
  • Familiarity with developing algorithms on MCUs with tight compute, memory, and power constraints.
  • Fluent in English.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficiency in model deployment tools such as TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers, ONNX Runtime.
  • Experience in optimizing and quantizing ML models for real-time inference on edge devices.
  • Strong background in computer vision and embedded systems.
  • Experience working with hardware and hardware design engineers.
  • Solid troubleshooting and communication skills.
  • Self-learner and independent problem solver who thinks creatively.
  • Hard-worker and result oriented individual who challenges the status-quo.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and interfacing with customers.

Why should you apply to Oculi

You get to develop the next features to be introduced by large global companies.

You get to work at the leading edge of some of the most advanced technologies in the world.

You get to collaborate with and learn from experts in the field of imaging sensors and computer vision.

You get to work on technology that has an extensive background of R&D.

Salary range dependent on a number of factors including location and experience.

If you find this job stimulating send your CV in PDF format to careers@oculi.ai. Please include the Job Title in the email subject.