Metalenz Launches Polar ID Enabling Simple, Secure Face Unlock for Smartphones
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Staff Software Development Engineer – Cameras

The Position

Do you have what it takes to design a camera stack that unlocks your phone with large-scale security at a pocket-sized price?

Metalenz is looking for a Camera Software Development expert to lead the charge in defining the roadmap for our cutting-edge camera software stack. In this role, you will own PolarID’s system architecture and lead the software development and validation running on mobile SoCs (e.g. Snapdragon).

At Metalenz, innovation meets impact. With our revolutionary metasurface technology, we’re redefining what’s possible in imaging. Be a part of the team that’s shaping the next generation of camera systems.

What you’ll do 

  • Be the technical expert across the full camera software stack shaping the technical roadmap for Metalenz’s products.
  • Work closely with key stakeholders to ensure timely product delivery that meets or exceeds the customers’ needs.
  • Lead the software team developing camera centric applications, image processing algorithms, and low-level drivers within the Android Camera Framework, making best use of the SoC’s camera software architecture (e.g. Qualcomm CHI/CamX), image accelerators, and processor alternatives (CPU, GPU, DSP, etc).
  • Collaborate with optics, hardware, machine learning, and product teams to optimize system cost, latency, power consumption, and performance.

What you’ll need 

  • BS (MS preferred) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant academic field.
  • 5+ years developing real time C/C++ software, ideally running under Android or Linux.
  • 2+ years of technical project leadership and system architecture.
  • Have developed simple and well-documented APIs to ease inter-company SW integrations.
  • Comfortable with modern CI/CD pipelines and remote, log-based debugging.

Preferred Qualifications 

  • 4+ years working with image sensors and image processing pipelines.
  • Solid understanding of optics, camera hardware, and image processing pipelines.
  • Have shipped multiple embedded software products to tens of thousands of satisfied customers.

About Us 

Metalenz, a Boston based venture backed startup built on foundational research from Harvard University, develops next-generation imaging and sensing solutions for high volume consumer electronics markets using patented low-cost metasurface technology, advanced image processing, and novel machine learning algorithms. The Company’s latest product, Polar ID, is a groundbreaking polarizing camera that leverages the unique characteristics of metasurfaces to enable secure and affordable face unlock for all smartphones.

We are a fast-growing, dynamic company with a vibrant startup culture. Our deeply technical and creative team is dedicated to developing groundbreaking technologies that bring new ways of seeing and sensing to billions of people. We foster a workplace that values autonomy, encourages innovation, and supports career growth, giving you the opportunity to take ownership of impactful projects and grow with us.

What we offer 

  • Competitive salary, 401k with company contribution, pre-IPO stock options.
  • Based in downtown Boston near TD Garden, Metalenz is conveniently located across the street from North Station.
  • Competitive benefits package including company paid health, dental, vision, life, LTD/ADD.
  • Company contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Collaborative office space, flexible work schedule with hybrid and/or work-from-home arrangements for qualified positions.
  • Complimentary snacks and drinks, and occasionally lunch on-site.
  • Free gym and bike parking on-site.
  • Fun, energizing, highly collaborative environment in which each team member has the opportunity to make an impact.

Metalenz is an equal-opportunity employer. The Company is committed to providing an open and inclusive environment for all its employees. The Company prohibits any discrimination based on gender, gender identity, pregnancy, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, criminal record, genetic information, or any other category protected by law.

Software Engineer – Computational Physics

The Position

Metalenz is developing next-generation sensing systems for consumer electronics with metasurface technology. As a Software Engineer you will help develop the design tooling and infrastructure our team uses to engineer meta-optics. A successful candidate will be able to apply software engineering principles to a scientific Julia codebase and, preferably draw from their body of knowledge in computational electromagnetics or computational physics.

What you’ll do

  • Work with the design team to integrate new developments and viewpoints into our Julia-based software toolkit
  • Understand and implement new features into our codebase
  • Identify, refactor, and optimize performance bottlenecks
  • Use and deploy heterogeneous scientific compute platforms, building code to deploy across workstations, clusters, or GPUs
  • Shape the technical roadmap
  • Collaborate by writing documentation, engaging in code review, and commenting on design documents

What you’ll need

  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or relevant field and/or demonstrated excellence in relevant technical domains through open-source contributions or publications
  • Comfort working with and managing high-performance computing environments, particularly Julia, distributed computing, and AWS
  • Interest in and appreciation of the intersection between science and code, as demonstrated through coursework or prior project and/or work experience
  • Familiarity with software engineering best practices (version control, cluster management, data provenance, code profiling and unit tests)
  • Technical background in computational electromagnetics computational physics, numerical computing, and optimization

The Company

Metalenz, a Boston based venture backed startup built on foundational research from Harvard University, develops next-generation imaging and sensing solutions for high-volume consumer electronics markets using patented low-cost metasurface technology, advanced image processing, and novel machine learning algorithms. The Company’s latest product, Polar ID, is a groundbreaking polarizing camera that leverages the unique characteristics of metasurfaces to enable secure and affordable face unlock for all smartphones.

What we do

  • Work with consumer electronic OEMs to commercialize meta-optics
  • Design next-generation optical systems for emerging consumer applications like 3D sensing
  • Apply a modern software stack and cutting-edge developments in scientific computing (automatic differentiation, scientific machine learning, nonlinear optimization, etc.) to unexplored problem domains in optical system design

What we offer

  • Competitive salary, 401k with company contribution, pre-IPO stock options
  • Based in downtown Boston near TD Garden, Metalenz is conveniently located across the street from North Station
  • Competitive benefits package including company paid health, dental, vision, life, LTD/ADD
  • Company contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Collaborative office space, flexible work schedule with hybrid and/or work-from-home arrangements for qualified positions
  • Complimentary snacks and drinks, and occasionally lunch on-site
  • Free gym and bike parking on-site
  • Fun, energizing, highly collaborative environment in which each team member has the opportunity to make an impact

Metalenz is an equal-opportunity employer. The Company is committed to providing an open and inclusive environment for all its employees. The Company prohibits any discrimination based on gender, gender identity, pregnancy, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, criminal record, genetic information, or any other category protected by law.