Job Title: Hardware Enginner/ Optical Engineer 
Location: Bellevue, WA
Job Type: 6 Months

About the Team
The team designs and operates the hardware, software, and processes powering large-scale fulfillment and automation systems across a global network. The mission is to enable highly efficient, automated movement of products using advanced sensor technology and data collection systems that integrate with robotics, machine learning, and industrial controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and prototype optical and camera-based sensor systems for industrial automation.
• Specify and integrate components such as lenses, imaging sensors, lighting, and enclosures.
• Account for and mitigate common optical challenges like aberrations, motion blur, lighting variations, and color balance.
• Explore and evaluate non-optical sensing modalities, including lidar, stereo vision, structured light, x-ray, infrared, and RFID.
• Develop basic sensor interface software for data acquisition and prototype testing.
• Collaborate with field technicians, automation engineers, machine learning experts, and operational stakeholders to define use cases and requirements.
• Integrate sensor systems into automated conveyance systems, robotic arms, and industrial safety frameworks.
• Deploy and validate sensor solutions in real-world industrial environments.

Qualifications: 

• BS degree in electrical engineering, optics or vision systems
• 4 years experience in Hardware development such as developing digital optical / machine vision systems for industrial applications
• Strong interest and ability to learn customer requirements in the data collection space.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to develop data collection software (sensor interface) for experimental/prototyping purpose.
• Ability to design, acquire and prototype sensing systems

Preferred qualifications

• MS or PhD in electrical engineering, optics or vision systems
• Experience with multi-sensor systems, experience with non-optical sensing systems
• Familiarity with computer vision/machine learning

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 50.00/hr.