Staff Software Engineer, Online Calibration for Augmented Reality

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
  
• 8 years of experience with coding in C++.
  
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
  
• 5 years of experience in computer vision and perception.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master degree or equivalent experience in one of the following areas: computer vision, robotics, geometrical optics, or sensor calibration.
  
• Experience with developing calibration/verification systems from initial research to production.
  
• Experience with numerical algorithms and optimization such as LS, NLLS, batch optimization, bundle adjustment.
  

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

The Google Augmented Reality team is a diverse group of experts tasked with building the foundations for great immersive computing and building helpful, delightful user experiences. We're focused on making immersive computing accessible to billions of people through mobile devices, and our scope continues to grow and evolve.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to develop next generation online calibration metrologies for augmented reality (AR) devices.
  
• Initiate, contribute, or lead calibration processes from first principles to algorithmic design and production implementation. 
  
• Work with stakeholders to define calibration requirements and verify sub-system/system level performance metrics. 
  
• Help triage system failures and debug calibration related issues.