Senior Algorithms Engineer - Sunnyvale, CA, United States
About the role
This role involves researching and developing algorithms for high-performance sensing products used in robotics and physical AI applications. The algorithms developed will be consumed by the physical AI perception team and customers integrating the sensors.
What you'll do
- Research and develop DSP and detection algorithms across the full sensor processing pipeline, including spectrum analysis, filtering, estimation, and detection.
- Develop camera and image processing algorithms, from raw sensor data through the imaging pipeline to downstream consumption.
- Develop computer vision algorithms for tasks such as detection, classification, segmentation, tracking, and depth and 3D/4D point-cloud processing.
- Design, train, and evaluate machine learning and AI models for sensor processing and multi-sensor fusion, and prepare them for deployment on the target platform.
- Prototype, model, and validate algorithms in Python and C.
- Analyze large real-world and simulated sensor datasets to characterize algorithm performance and identify failure modes.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in algorithm development and data analysis in robotics, physical AI, IoT, or multimodal sensor applications.
- 5+ years of experience in signal processing, including spectrum analysis, filter design, estimation and detection theory, and optimization.
- Hands-on experience developing computer vision algorithms and applying machine learning to sensor data – clustering, tracking, classification, segmentation, and 3D/4D point-cloud processing.
- Experience training and evaluating neural networks, including dataset curation and performance analysis.
- Proficiency in Python, with working knowledge of C or C++.
Nice to have
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience with radar or LiDAR sensor processing.
- Familiarity with image signal processing (ISP) pipelines and tuning.
- Familiarity with stereo and multi-camera processing, including calibration, rectification, and depth estimation.
- Familiarity with ML and AI toolchains for training and deploying neural networks, such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, and with model optimization techniques including quantization and pruning.
- Familiarity with the constraints of running algorithms on embedded compute, such as DSP cores, hardware accelerators, or fixed-point arithmetic.
Skills: algorithms, signal processing, computer vision, machine learning, sensor data, physical AI
This role has been open 18 days — well below the 67-day median for AI/ML Hardware Engineering roles.
AI/ML Hardware Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
516
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Median days open
67 d
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Median salary
$232k
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| Metric | Lyte AI | All employers we track in this specialty (516 roles · 76 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 516 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 23 | 5829 · 143 employers |
| Median days open | 18 d | 67 d (−49 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $232k |
Skills observed across this category: algorithms, signal processing, computer vision, machine learning, sensor data, physical AI
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 106 open roles · median 99 d
- NVIDIA · 85 open roles · median 67 d
- AMD · 43 open roles · median 62 d
- Micron Technology · 32 open roles · median 39 d
- Mobileye · 25 open roles · median 53 d
- Analog Devices · 14 open roles · median 24 d
How we counted: 516 open AI/ML Hardware Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 76 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.