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With more than 110 years of industry experience, we combine engineering excellence and global manufacturing with a passion for cutting-edge innovation enabling transformative advancements in the automotive, industrial, medical, and consumer industries. “Sense the power of light” - our success is based on the deep understanding of the potential of light and distinct portfolio of emitter and sensor technologies. Around 19,700 employees worldwide drive innovations alongside societal megatrends.\nFind out more about us on https://ams-osram.com\nThe CSA division supplies sensors that bridge the gap between the world we live in and the digital world of machines. By converting physical signals - heartbeats, sounds, light waves - into data, we enable robots, cars and other devices to interact with people and improve our world. What drives CSA is a relentless desire to contribute to technology and have a meaningful impact on the world. This business thrives on solving complex problems and partnering with global leaders at the forefront of technological advancement. Our goal: to push the boundaries of sensor technology and empower innovators to make the world smarter, healthier and happier.\nYour new responsibilities\nPosition Summary:\nThe Hardware Application Engineer supports customer adoption of optical sensor solutions, with primary focus on dToF sensors and additional support for optical force/pressure sensing and spectral sensors. The role translates customer application needs and RFIs into feasible validation plans, reviews customer schematics, builds and modifies prototypes, integrates sensors and development platforms into working demos, and coordinates with optical simulation, software and internal technical teams to resolve project issues. This position acts as the technical window to customers, clarifies sensor functions, capabilities and limitations, validates functional and performance metrics such as SNR, accuracy and repeatability, and provides practical structure and hardware modification recommendations to improve sensor performance in the customer's system.\nResponsibility:\nCollect and clarify customer application requirements and RFIs, including use cases, mechanical constraints, optical path, interface needs, performance targets, validation criteria and open technical questions.\nReview customer schematics and hardware implementation, including sensor power, I2C/SPI/GPIO interfaces, timing, grounding, layout constraints and noise-sensitive paths; propose practical modification recommendations.\nDefine and execute validation plans for dToF, optical force/pressure sensing and spectral sensor applications, covering test setup, measurement method, acceptance criteria and feasibility assessment.\nPerform optical 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