Sensor Research Specialist / Documentation Analyst

Overview:
In today’s Android smartphone ecosystem, sensor hardware is often undocumented, poorly described, or highly vendor-specific. As a Sensor Research Specialist / Documentation Analyst, you will play a critical role in building institutional knowledge around low-level sensor hardware. Your work enables machine learning engineers and software developers to make intelligent use of sensor data, even in the absence of transparent manufacturer information.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain an internal, searchable database or wiki of hardware sensor documentation across major Android smartphone vendors and models.
  
   
• Conduct deep technical research, including mining vendor datasheets, public FCC filings, patents, teardown reports, and reverse engineering communities to extract meaningful details about sensor chips and modules.
  
   
• Identify and prioritize undocumented or poorly understood sensors based on their importance to current app development or ML integration.
  
   
• Strategically flag sensors requiring reverse engineering due to missing or contradictory documentation.
  
   
• Synthesize findings into precise technical briefs for software and machine learning teams—highlighting known behaviors, operational tolerances, and conditions prone to interference or signal distortion.
  
   
• Clearly mark uncertainty zones where sensor behavior remains unknown, guiding test engineers and reverse engineers in further investigation.
  
   
• Act as a technical bridge between hardware knowledge and software application—ensuring context, clarity, and actionable insight flow into algorithm development.

Potential Offer Proposals - 

• Full-time
• Part-time
• 2 week unpaid internship into Part/Full Time
• Unpaid Internship for experience

Preferred Educational Background and Standing

We are willing to train and offer helpful resources in this position, but we would prefer a student that already has a few years of relevant coursework, particularly a student that meets the following requirements:

GPA: 3.0 or above

Major:

• Computer Science

• Software Engineering

• Game Development

Year/Degree:

• Undergraduate, Junior (3rd-Year)

• Undergraduate, Senior (4th-Year)

• Graduate, Masters (Any Year)

• Graduate, PhD (Any Year)
 

Other Info

• Payment: $15-$21 per hour

• Travel Requirements: 90-100% Remote, 0-10% In-Person. Most of our meetings, day-to-day communication, and development will be done remotely. However, for major business events, conferences, and socials, we will be convening in Phoenix, Arizona and possibly Tucson, Arizona.

We are flexible.

• Location, Country: Phoenix, Arizona, United States