Camera Systems Software Engineer at Rethink recruit
San Mateo, CA
$100,000–$300,000from the description
Aug 18, 2026
San Mateo, CA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A deeply hands-on embedded systems engineering role focused on owning the full camera stack for real-time robotic platforms built on NVIDIA Tegra hardware. The engineer will handle everything from sensor bring-up and low-level Linux driver development to pipeline design, multi-camera synchronization, and building high-level APIs that feed perception and autonomy systems. Best suited to candidates with strong C/C++ skills and direct experience debugging camera hardware/software boundaries.
Senior level · 5+ years · Pittsburgh, PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 25 people in the Pittsburgh, PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5–40
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $127,238 (middle half $97,661–$159,195). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 20, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The job posting does not specify a city; Skild AI is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, so that metro is used as the best available location estimate.
The SOC classification is a judgment call: the role writes and ships low-level software (drivers, pipelines, APIs) which points to 15-1252 Software Developers, but a significant portion of the work is hardware bring-up and embedded systems operation, which has some overlap with 15-1244. Software development is the primary output, so 15-1252 is preferred.
The degree requirement lists Bachelor's or Master's as acceptable options with no equivalent-experience clause, but since either degree level is accepted the minimum is set to Bachelor's; however, because the posting frames it as a list of preferred qualifications alongside other 'You Should Have' items and does not use hard gate language for the degree specifically, it is treated as preferred rather than a hard requirement.
The compensation range ($100,000–$300,000) is unusually wide, likely reflecting a broad band across seniority levels within the company.
GMSL and FPD-Link are listed as interchangeable camera serializer standards in the posting; they are captured as alternatives of each other.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): camera sensor bring-up.
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