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Sr Imaging Systems Engineer - Smart Wearable - PICO - San Jose

ByteDance
San Jose, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 28 Mar 2026
💰 $450,000/yr($212,800/yr$450,000/yr)

About the role

As a world-renowned VR/AR brand with independent innovation and R&D capabilities, PICO has been at the forefront of the consumer electronic market. We have teams in Europe, Japan and South Korea. Now we are looking for experts in image pipeline to join us to build our AR/VR imaging team.

Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of camera pipelines and tuning processes to optimize image quality for smart wearable devices.
- Innovate algorithms for image and video enhancement, addressing challenges like low-light performance, noise reduction, and dynamic range.
- Establish scalable methodologies for camera tuning and image quality evaluation.
- Develop metrics and benchmarks for assessing and maintaining high image quality standards.
- Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and software teams to ensure seamless integration of imaging systems.
- Align camera system outputs with machine vision tasks and vision-language models for wearable applications.
- Manage and mentor a team of imaging experts or provide technical leadership in cross-functional settings.

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212800 - $450000 annually.

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