Location: Leuven, Belgium

IVEX is looking for a hands-on Vehicle Sensor Kit Engineer to lead the continuous improvement of our Reference Sensor Kit for real-world ADAS and Automated Driving testing.

Our sensor kits combine cameras, GNSS-IMU, LiDAR, data logging, and software to collect reliable vehicle data during on-road testing. Your goal will be to make the entire system as robust, reliable, and easy to use as possible - from sensor and camera performance to cabling, mounting, software, and installation.

You will test the system in real-world driving conditions, identify its weak points, and turn them into engineering improvements. This includes challenges such as changing light conditions, night driving, rain, temperature, vibration, long recording sessions, sensor failures, and installation errors.

In this role you will

• Own the technical improvement and reliability of the IVEX Reference Sensor Kit.

• Manage, evaluate and improve sensor hardware, with particular attention to camera image quality and reliable data capture under challenging conditions such as bright sunlight, low light, glare, rapidly changing exposure, night driving, and adverse weather.

• Improve the complete hardware setup, including cameras, GNSS-IMU, LiDAR, data loggers, power supply, cabling, connectors, mounting, and related components.

• Design and execute real-world and laboratory tests to identify failure modes and validate improvements.

• Improve sensor integration, configuration, diagnostics, monitoring, and data recording software.

• Investigate hardware and software issues using recorded data, logs, measurements, and systematic testing.

• Improve installation, calibration, and verification workflows so that customers can instrument vehicles quickly, correctly, and with minimal technical expertise.

• Simplify cabling, mounting, packaging, and other physical aspects of the kit to make installation more intuitive and repeatable.

• Work closely with software engineers, application engineers, suppliers, and customers to turn field experience into concrete product improvements.

• Define test procedures, acceptance criteria, and documentation to ensure every sensor kit delivers consistent performance.

What we are looking for

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Automotive Engineering, Embedded Systems, or a related technical field.

• Strong hands-on experience integrating hardware and software into complete systems.

• Hands-on experience with cameras and data-acquisition or embedded systems.

• Good understanding of digital cameras and image acquisition, including exposure, gain, frame rate, resolution, dynamic range, and image quality.

• Experience with LiDAR, GNSS, IMUs, or multi-sensor synchronization.

• Strong Linux skills, including command line, networking, services, logs, and device troubleshooting.

• Good Python skills for testing, automation, data analysis, and debugging.

• Experience troubleshooting hardware, including power, cabling, connectors, communication interfaces, and sensor connectivity.

• Strong experimental and problem-solving skills: able to reproduce problems, design tests, analyze results, identify root causes, and validate solutions.

• Willingness to work hands-on with vehicles, prototypes, sensors, cables, mounting systems, and test equipment.

• Excellent communication skills in English.

Nice to have

• Experience developing or integrating automotive sensor systems.

• Experience optimizing cameras for difficult conditions, such as low light, high dynamic range, glare, LED/LCD displays, flicker, or changing exposure.

• Experience with embedded Linux platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson.

• Knowledge of interfaces such as Ethernet, USB, GMSL, or CAN.

• Experience with automotive cabling, power systems, connectors, enclosures, or mounting.

• Experience with environmental and reliability testing, such as temperature, vibration, weather, or long-duration operation.

• Experience with vehicle instrumentation, ADAS/AD testing, or Euro NCAP workflows.

We offer

A competitive salary, benefits package, and opportunities for professional growth at a dynamic startup.

This is a highly hands-on role where you will have direct ownership of a physical product used in real-world vehicle testing. You will be able to test ideas quickly, see how they perform on the road, and directly shape the next generation of IVEX sensor kits.

If you enjoy making complex hardware and software systems reliable, robust, and effortless to use, we’d love to hear from you.

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