Embedded Software Engineer

Embedded Software Engineer

Company Description

Akai Space Labs builds sensor-stack for physical AI data and deployment, providing egocentric capture hardware and multimodal pipelines that turn real-world experiences into training data for robotics foundation models.

Role Description

We're looking for an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to bring up Linux on a custom compute-module board with multiple camera sensors and build a reliable, synchronized data-capture system.

You will own board-level software, camera drivers, capture pipelines, timestamp synchronization, and a host-side SDK and sample application. The goal is a system that records reliably over long runs, not just a demo that works on the bench.

Responsibilities

• Bring up Linux on a compute module, including device tree, clocks, pinmux, and carrier-board peripherals.
• Develop or integrate camera sensor drivers and build a synchronized multi-camera capture pipeline.
• Implement hardware-clock-based synchronization across camera frames and other sensors.
• Build raw-frame and hardware-encoded recording paths that preserve consistent timestamps.
• Develop a host-side SDK, sample capture application, and data-format specification.
• Build diagnostics for dropped frames and clock synchronization errors.
• Support software bring-up on the first fabricated board and validate reliability during extended recording sessions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience bringing up Linux on custom hardware, including writing device trees.
• Hands-on experience developing or debugging MIPI CSI-2 camera drivers and capturing real sensor frames.
• Experience building stable capture pipelines with frame-drop detection and long-duration recording.
• Understanding of hardware-triggered capture, clock synchronization, and timestamp validation.
• Familiarity with Linux userspace development and embedded debugging tools.

Good to Have

• Multi-camera capture pipelines and hardware video encoders.
• IMU integration or synchronization of multiple sensors to a common hardware clock.
• Host-side SDK development, streaming pipelines, and ISP bring-up.

Compensation

80,000 - 1 lakh per month, depending on experience and fit.

How to Apply

Please share the following along with your résumé:

1. Board bring-up experience: One board you brought up and what you personally implemented across device tree, drivers, and userspace.
2. Camera pipeline: The sensor used, how capture was triggered or synchronized, and how you detected dropped frames.
3. Availability: Your earliest start date and estimated weeks to achieve first capture after receiving the board.
4. Share supporting documents, code samples, or relevant technical details with [Confidential Information]