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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 Engineer help develop our cutting-edge camera software stack. In this role, you will be an integral part of the software development team developing PolarID for running on mobile SoCs (eg 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

  • Become a technical expert on components of the Metalenz camera software stack.
  • Work closely with key stakeholders to ensure timely product delivery that meets or exceeds the customers’ needs.
  • Develop camera-centric applications, image processing algorithms, and low-level drivers within the Android Camera Framework.
  • Optimize software by leveraging the SoC’s camera architecture (e.g., Qualcomm CHI/CamX), image accelerators, and processing 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.
  • 2+ years developing real-time C/C++ software, ideally running under Android or Linux.
  • Have assisted in the development of simple and well-documented APIs to ease inter-company SW integrations.
  • Comfortable with modern CI/CD pipelines and remote, log-based debugging.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ years working with image sensors and image processing pipelines.
  • Solid understanding of optics, camera hardware, and image processing pipelines.
  • Have shipped 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.

Data Collection and Image Capture Technician

The Position:

This is a part-time role with a maximum commitment of 20 hours per week.

This role supports machine learning development through various tasks related to data collection and image processing. Responsibilities include capturing images, labeling data, and classifying images. The position also involves setting up and adjusting imaging systems, as well as staging and adjusting materials.

What you’ll do:

  • Supporting ML development through data collection.
  • Image capture, data labeling, image classification.
  • Material staging and adjustment, imaging system setup and adjustment.

What you’ll need:

  • Highschool diploma or other equivalent.
  • Familiarity with C++ and Geometry.
  • Experience with Image capture systems
  • Ability to measure distance.
  • Ability to lift and turn fake heads.
  • Ability to retain and follow verbal instructions.
  • Familiarity with the microsoft office suite.

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:

  • Based in downtown Boston near TD Garden, Metalenz is conveniently located across the street from North Station.
  • 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.

Meta-Optics Intern

The Position

Metalenz is developing next-generation sensing systems for consumer electronics with metasurface technology. As an intern, you will help advance and support the design of our products in imaging and non-imaging optical technologies. A successful candidate will be able to draw from their body of knowledge in metasurface, diffractives, and optics and apply it to problems in meta-optic system design.

What you’ll do 

  • Apply your PhD work to our problems, learn about cutting-edge products Metalenz is developing, and get a taste for what it takes to productize meta-optics
  • Work with the design team to integrate new developments and viewpoints into our software toolkit
  • Expand our system design capabilities, breaking free from the viewpoints dominating traditional optics design
  • Apply home-grown techniques to meta-optic system design for a diverse range of consumer applications

What you’ll need 

  • Currently engaged in PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or relevant field and/or demonstrated excellence in relevant technical domains through open source contributions or publications
  • Technical background in computational electromagnetics, diffractive optics, metasurface physics/optimization, or computational electromagnetics
  • Comfort working with high-performance computing environments, especially Julia and AWS, or willingness to learn.
  • Experience with MATLAB/Python or commercial/open-source E&M software such as Lumerical, CST Studio, or MEEP encouraged
  • Eagerness to propose, develop, and test new design and analysis techniques

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 metasurface optics
  • Design next-generation optical systems for emerging consumer applications like 3D sensing
  • Apply a modern software stack and cutting-edge developments in computing to greenfield areas in optical system design
  • Support internal fabrication and metrology with custom in-house software

What We Offer

  • Based in downtown Boston near TD Garden, Metalenz is conveniently located across the street from North Station.
  • 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.

Senior 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 Senior Software Development Engineer help develop our cutting-edge camera software stack. In this role, you will be an integral part of the software development team developing PolarID for running on mobile SoCs (eg 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

  • Become a technical expert on components of the Metalenz camera software stack.
  • Work closely with key stakeholders to ensure timely product delivery that meets or exceeds the customers’ needs.
  • Develop camera-centric applications, image processing algorithms, and low-level drivers within the Android Camera Framework.
  • Optimize software by leveraging the SoC’s camera architecture (e.g., Qualcomm CHI/CamX), image accelerators, and processing 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.
  • 4+ years developing real-time C/C++ software, ideally running under Android or Linux.
  • Have assisted in the development of 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 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.

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.