System Practical Engineer

RealSense builds industry-leading depth cameras and vision technology for autonomous mobile robots, humanoids, access control, industrial automation, and healthcare. Our mission is to deliver world-class perception systems for Physical AI - helping machines navigate and interact safely in the human world.

We're looking for a hands-on System Practical Engineer to own hardware bring-up, integration, and validation in our R&D lab, working closely with experienced R&D engineers. You'll spend your days with real hardware - bringing up boards, flashing firmware, chasing down faults, writing test scripts, and running thermal and environmental characterization. The heart of this role is ownership: taking a task and making it happen end-to-end, working independently and knowing when to escalate.

What you'll do

Bring up and integrate boards and systems; debug hardware and firmware; support prototype development.
Own thermal characterization end-to-end - assemble units, run burn-in and environmental testing, and write the scripts that drive it.
Build Python automation, test sequences, and diagnostic tools.
Run system-level testing (signal integrity, power analysis) using lab instruments.
Support mechanical assembly and mechanical-electrical integration.
Own the lab: maintain equipment, manage BOMs and test procedures, document results, and work with R&D engineers to improve performance and reliability.

Requirements

Electrical Practical Engineer diploma or equivalent technical certification.
Strong understanding of schematics and analog/digital fundamentals (sensors, op-amps, logic, DC-DC converters, power management).
3+ years Hands-on with PCB components, soldering (SMD/TH), and communication protocols (RS-232, RS-485, I2C, SPI).
Comfortable with lab instruments (multimeter, oscilloscope, logic analyzer) for measurement and debugging.
Experience with microcontrollers and hardware interfaces (GPIO, PWM, ADC).
Self-driven - able to take a task end-to-end and solve problems independently, with good communication and teamwork.

Nice to have

Python scripting (automation, test, data collection/analysis).
Firmware tools (flashing, terminal, debugging interfaces).
Thermal testing or thermal imaging.
Automated test frameworks and test-station development.
Mechanical CAD (SolidWorks, STEP files).
Signal integrity, power analysis, or reliability testing.
R&D lab experience; DFM principles; Git for hardware files; OrCAD / PCB Editor (viewing).