Open Position at Google Project Tango - Software Engineer (Device Calibration)

The Project Tango team at Google is hiring!  Please take a look at the job description below.  You can apply directly through the Google Job Portal, and feel free to contact me at vijaypradeep@google.com if you have any questions about this role.

Thanks for your interest!

Vijay Pradeep

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Position: Software Engineer, Device Calibration (Project Tango)

Location: Mountain View, CA, USA

The goal of Project Tango is to give a human-scale understanding of space and motion to mobile devices. This includes phones, tablets, and virtual reality headsets. Our team has been working with universities, research labs, and industrial partners spanning many countries around the world to build on the last decade of research in robotics and computer vision, concentrating that technology into a mobile device. A Project Tango-enabled device combines data from a fisheye camera, 3D depth sensor, and IMU (gyroscopes and accelerometers) to track its own position and orientation in the world, while also building a 3D representation of its surroundings. This all happens on-device in real-time.

See https://www.google.com/atap/project-tango/ for more info about Project Tango.

With so many different sensors working together to produce a single cohesive estimate about the device and its surroundings, device calibration is critical to Project Tango's success. As a Software Engineer on Project Tango's calibration team, you will help support all aspects of device calibration. This includes developing algorithms for calibrating devices, designing automated workflows for calibrating devices on a high-throughput production line, and analyzing existing datasets and devices to quantify the effects of calibration on device performance.

- Be a technical contributor to an interactive C/C++ system.

- Participate in software architecture and design meetings.

- Work with an existing engineering team using an Agile-like process.

- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

- Programming experience in C or C++.

- MS or PhD degree in a related field.

- Expertise in any of the following areas:

    - Computer Vision

    - Camera/Lens Calibration

    - 3D Vision and VSLAM

    - 2D image processing

    - IMU sensor processing

    - non-linear optimization/bundle adjustment algorithms

    - Strong Python programming skills.