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Lead development and execution of reliability and verification plans for autonomy hardware. Validate thermal, power, EMI/EMC, vibration, and environmental resilience of compute and electromechanical systems. Design stress tests (HALT, thermal cycling, ingress protection), run FMEA and RCAs, track field stability, and partner with functional safety teams to validate safety-rated hardware for rugged deployments.

Design and validate electrical architecture, schematics, and PCBs for autonomy products. Collaborate with HW/FW and mechanical teams to bring up, debug, and validate prototypes, support sensor integration, signal integrity, power optimization, supply chain/NPI, component qualification, and document designs through production ramp.

Supports robotics customers with LiDAR sensor onboarding, network configuration, SDK/API setup, technical triage, diagnostics, and troubleshooting across hardware, firmware, networking, Linux, and Windows environments. Reviews logs and network captures, documents bugs in Jira, replicates issues, guides customers on best practices, contributes to knowledge-base materials, and provides email, video, and phone support while escalating complex cases to senior engineers.

As Lead Embedded Software Engineer, you will architect and build embedded software for LIDAR systems, leading a team in a dynamic environment.

The Staff Software Engineer in Test will design and maintain automated test frameworks for Ouster's lidar software, ensuring quality and performance through CI/CD integration and cross-functional collaboration.

Design and own mechanical components and subsystems for digital LiDAR products from R&D through NPI and sustaining. Create CAD assemblies and drawings, collaborate with electrical/optical/systems teams, ensure producibility and reliability with Manufacturing and Quality, and support validation, testing, and failure analysis.

Lead hardware development for LIDAR systems, driving electrical architecture from concept to production while collaborating with teams. Solve complex hardware issues and document design requirements.