Sesame
Sensing Systems Engineer
San Francisco · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 145 days ago
PythonFull-Stack DevelopmentAlgorithmsMachine LearningData VisualizationANSYSFEAThermal AnalysisEmbedded SystemsSystems EngineeringMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringSignal ProcessingSensorsCOMSOLResearchCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- You'll be the connective tissue between hardware, firmware, application, ML, and product teams, ensuring every layer works in concert from proof of concept prototypes to shipping in mass production.
Responsibilities
- End-to-end Performance: Own the end-to-end performance of Sesame devices' sensor systems from prototyping to mass production, including latency, power consumption, thermal constraints, and reliability.
- User data collection: Design and supervise a data collection strategy to gather ground-truth data sets necessary for algorithm and model development.
- Algorithm Design: Develop, test, and implement the signal processing, sensor fusion and calibration systems that translate raw sensor data into usable outputs.
- Model-sensor integration: Collaborate with Sesame's ML team to determine how sensor data improves the quality of Sesame agents' responses.
- Own the end-to-end performance of Sesame devices' sensor systems from prototyping to mass production, including latency, power consumption, thermal constraints, and reliability.
- Design and supervise a data collection strategy to gather ground-truth data sets necessary for algorithm and model development.
- Develop, test, and implement the signal processing, sensor fusion and calibration systems that translate raw sensor data into usable outputs.
- Collaborate with Sesame's ML team to determine how sensor data improves the quality of Sesame agents' responses.
- Sesame believes in a future where computers are lifelike - with the ability to see, hear, and collaborate with us in ways that feel natural and human.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, sensor systems, algorithms and/or signal processing.
- Demonstrated experience shipping high-volume consumer products from concept through production, in collaboration with electrical, firmware, and mechanical engineers.
- Strong understanding of embedded systems: SoC architectures, memory management, wireless connectivity, power and thermal management, latency.
- Proficiency in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques: filtering, windowing, feature extraction, and sensor fusion.
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
- Champion a high quality user-experience by defining system-level test plans and acceptance criteria and detailed, actionable specifications for designing and validating each layer of the stack.
Nice to have
- Experience with wearable or small-form-factor consumer devices, especially on-device voice, audio, or camera processing pipelines.
- Familiarity with AI/ML workloads on edge devices and their system-level implications (compute, memory, power).
- Hands-on experience porting of algorithms and models to embedded systems, including experience with C/C++.
- Multiphysics / FEA Experience: Proficiency with simulation tools (e.g., COMSOL, ANSYS) to model mechanical-electrical coupling and sensor response.
- Direct experience defining system architecture for a 0-to-1 product.
- Experience in a startup or fast-moving, small-team product environment.
- Sesame is committed to a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered.
- We welcome all qualified applicants, embracing diversity in race, gender, identity, orientation, ability, and more.
Compensation
- 401 (k) max employer match: 3.5% of compensation
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits for you and your dependents
- Unlimited PTO and sick time
- Flexible spending account with employer matching up to $1,650/year (medical FSA)
- Opportunity to share in the company's success with competitive stock options
- Benefits do not apply to contingent/contract workers.
- With this vision, we're designing a new kind of computer, focused on making voice agents part of our daily lives.
Company info
- We are looking for a Systems Engineer to own the holistic performance of Sesame's devices across the full stack-from hardware selection and integration through firmware, signal processing, and application behavior.
This listing is sourced directly from Sesame's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.